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UNITED    STATES 


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ARTICLE  I. 

THE   GRAND    ENCAMPMENT — OF    WHOM    COMPOSED. 

Section  1.     The  Grand  Encampment  of  Knights  Templar  of  the  United 
States  consists  of  the  following  members  : — 
( 1 . )     The  Grand  Master. 

The  Deputy  Qrand  Master. 

The  Grand  Generalissimo. 

The  Grand  Captain  General. 

The  Grand  Prelate. 

The  Grand  Senior  Warden. 

The  Grand  Junior  Warden. 

The  Grand  Treasurer. 

The  Grand  Recorder. 

The  Grand  Standard  Bearer. 

The  Grand  Sword  Bearer. 

The  Grand  Warder. 

The  Grand  Captain  of  the  Guard — 
the  first  nine  of  whom,  (except  the  Grand  Prelate,)  shall  be  elected  by  ballot, 
and  the  remaining  five  shall  be  appointed  by  the  Grand  Master. 
(2.)     All  Past  Grand  Masters. 

All  Past  Deputy  Grand  Masters. 

All  Past  Grand  Generalissimos,  and 

All  Past  Grand  Captains  General  of  the  Grand  Encampment. 
(3.)     All  Grand  Commanders. 

All  Past  Grand  Commanders. 

All  Deputy  Grand  Commanders. 

All  Grand  Generalissimos,  and 

All  Grand  Captains  General  of  each  Grand  Commandery 
acknowledging  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Grand  Encamp- 
ment ;  each  of  whom  shall  be  entitled,  when  present, 
to  one  vote,  and  no  more,  (except  as  proxy,)  in  all  the  proceedings  of  the 
Grand  Encampment. 


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(4. )  The  tirst  three  otficers  of  each  Commandery  holding  its  charter  imme- 
diately from  the  Grand  P^ncampment,  who,  or  as  many  of  whom  as  may  be 
present  at  aay  Conclave  of  the  Grand  Encampment,  shall  be  entitled,  collec- 
tively, to  one  vote. 

Section  2.  All  officers  of  the  late  General  Grand  Encampment  shall 
rank  and  have  all  the  privileges  of  members  of  equal  rank,  as  jjrovided  for 
herein. 

Section  3.  No  persons  shall  l)e  eligible  to  any  office  in  the  Grand  En- 
campment, unless  he  shall  be  at  the  time  a  member  of  some  subordinate 
Commandery,  under  the  general  or  immediate  jurisdiction  of  the  Grand  En- 
campment. 

PROXIES. 

Section  4.  The  iirst  four  officers  named  in  the  tirst  Section  ;  the  tirst  four 
officers  of  Grand  Commanderies,  and  the  tirst  three  officers  of  subordinate 
chartered  Commanderies,  held  under  the  immediate  jurisdiction  of  the  Grand 
Encampment,  may  appear  and  vote  by  jrroxy;  said  proxy  being,  at  the  tinie  of 
service,  a  member  of  a  subordinate  Commandery,  and  producing  a  properly 
authenticated  certificate  of  his  appointment. 


Section  5.  The  title  and  designation  of  the  Grand  Master  of  the  Grand 
Encampment  of  the  United  States,  is  Most  Eminent  Grand  Master  of  Knhjhts 
Templar.  0 

That  of  the  Deputy  Grand  Master,  Rhjlit  Eminent. 

That  of  the  remaining  officers  of  the  Grand  Encampment,  Very  Eminent. 

conclaves. 

Section  6.  A  Grand  Conclave  of  the  Grand  Encampment  shall  be  held 
triennially,  at  such  time  and  place  as  may  have  been  previously  designated  by 
the  Standing  Committee,  and  approved  by  the  Grand  Encampment. 

Section  7.  Special  Conclaves  may  be  called  by  the  Most  Eminent  Grand 
Master,  at  his  discretion.  And  it  shall  be  his  duty^  upon  the  requisition  of  the 
majority  of  the  Grand  Commanderies,  to  him  directed  in  writing,  to  call  a 
special  Conclave. 

Section  8.  No  business  shall  be  transacted  at  a  special  Conclave,  except 
that  which  was  specified  in  the  original  summons. 

POWERS   AND   DUTIES. 

Section  9.  1.  The  Grand  Encampment,  at  its  regular  Conclaves,  shall 
review  and  consider  all  the  official  reports  of  its  officers,  and  the  proceedings 
of  the  Grand  Commanderies  and  subordinate  Commanderies  under  its  imme- 
diate jurisdiction,  for  the  preceding  three  years. 

2.  It  shall  elect  by  ballot  its  several  officers,  except  the  Grand  Prelate, 
Grand  Standard  Bearer,  Grand  Sword  Bearer,  Grand  Warder  and  Grand 
Captain  of  the  Guard,  who  shall  be  appointed  by  the  Grand  Master,  to  serve 
during  his  term  of  office. 

3.  It  shall  adopt  such  Rules  and  Edicts  as  may  be  necessary  for  the  good 
of  the  Order. 


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4.  It  shall  examine  the  accounts  of  the  Grand  Treasurer  and  Grand  Re- 
corder. 

5.  It  shall  supervise  the  condition  of  the  finances,  and  adopt  such  meas- 
ures in  relation  thereto  as  may  be  necessary  to  increase,  secure  and  preserve 
the  same,  and  also  to  insure  the  utmost  fidelity  and  punctuality  on  the  part  of 
every  accounting  officer,  in  the  safe  keeping  and  jjaying  over  the  funds  and 
property  of  the  Grand  Encampment. 

6.  It  may  grant  or  withhold  warrants,  dispensations  and  charters  for  new 
Grand  or  subordinate  Commanderies. 

7.  For  good  cause,  it  may  revoke  pre-existing  warrants,  charters  or  dis- 
pensations. 

8.  It  shall  assign  the  limits  of  the  Grand  Commanderies,  and  settle  all 
controversies  that  may  arise  between  them. 

9.  And  finally,  it  shall  consider  and  do  all  matters  and  things  appertain- 
ing to  the  good,  well-being  and  perpetuation  of  the  principles  of  Templar 
Masonry. 

Section  10.  At  every  Conclave,  all  questions  shall  be  determined  by  a 
majority  of  votes,  the  presiding  officer  being  entitled  to  one  vote.  In  case  the 
vote  is  equally  divided,  he  has  the  casting  vote. 

Section  11.  This  Grand  P]n<iampment  being  a  legislative  body,  acknowl- 
edging no  superior,  admits  an  appeal  to  l)e  taken  by  any  member  from  the  de- 
cision of  the  chair  on  any  question  under  consideration  therein  :  Provided, 
however,  that  such  appeal  shall  not  be  maintained  unless  two-thirds  of  all  the 
members  present  shall  vote  therefor. 

This  rule  is  adopted  for  this  Grand  Encampment  alone,  and  is  not  to  be 
construed  as  establishing  a  precedent  for  the  guidance  of  any  other  Masonic 
Body. 

TENURE    OF   OFFljDE. 

Section  12.  The  officers  of  the  Grand  Encampment  shall  hold  their  re- 
spective offices  until  their  successors  shall  be  duly  elected  and  installed. 

THE   GRAND    MASTER. 

Section  13.  It  is  the  prerogative  and  duty  of  the  Grand  Master,  gener- 
ally to  exercise,  as  occasion  may  require,  all  the  rights  appertaining  to  his 
high  office,  in  accordance  with  the  usages  of  Templar  Masonry. 

And  as  a  part  thereof,  he  shall  have  a  watchful  supervision  over  all  the 
Commanderies,  Grand  and  subordinate,  in  the  United  States,  and  see  that  all 
Constitutional  Enactments,  Statutes  and  Edicts  of  the  Grand  Encampment 
are  duly  and  promptly  observed. 

And  that  the  work  and  discipline  of  Templar  Masonry  everywhere,  are  uni- 
form throughout  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Grand  Encampment ;  and  that  the 
dress  is  uniform,  unless  otherwise  ordered  by  the  Grand  Encampment. 

Among  his  special  duties  and  prerogatives,  are  the  following  : — 

1.  To  appoint  the  Grand  Prelate,  Grand  Standard  Bearer,  Grand  Sword 
Bearer,  Grand  Warder,  Grand  Captain  of  the  Guard,  to  serve  during  his  term 
of  office. 

2.  To  visit  and  preside  in  any  Commandery,  Grand  or  subordinate,  in  the 
United  States,  and  give  such  instruction  or  directions  as  the  good  of  the  Order 


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may  require,  always  adhering  to  the  Constitution,  Statutes  and  Edicts  of  the 
Grand  Encampment. 

3.  To  cause  to  be  executed,  and  securely  preserve  and  keep,  the  official 
bonds  of  the  (^Irand  Treasurer  and  Grand  Recorder. 

4.  To  grant  Letters  of  Dispensation,  during  the  Recess  of  the  Grand  En- 
campment, for  the  institution  of  new  Commanderies,  such  dispensation  to  be 
in  force  no  longer  than  the  next  Triennial  Conclave  of  that  body,  and  promptly 
to  notify  the  Grand  Recorder  of  the  issuing  of  said  Letters  of  Dispensation. 

5.  To  grant  wai  rants  during  the  recess  of  the  Grand  Encampment  for  the 
institution  of  Grand  Commanderies  in  States,  Districts  or  Territories,  where 
the  same  have  not  been  heretofore  established. 

6.  To  manage  and  control  his  contingent  fund. 

THE   DEPUTY   GRAND    MASTER. 

Section  14.  The  Deputy  Grand  Master,  in  the  event  of  the  death,  re- 
moval or  physical  incompetency  of  his  superior,  shall  act  as  the  Grand  Master. 
At  all  other  times  he  shall  perform  such  duties  as  may  be  assigned  him  by  the 
Grand  Encampment  or  the  Grand  Master. 

THE   GRAND   GENERALISSIMO   AND   (iKAND    CAPTAIN    GENERAL. 

♦ 

Section  15.  In  the  absence  of  their  respective  superiors,  the  Grand  Gen- 
eralissimo and  Grand  Captain  General  shall  severally  act  as  Grand  Master,  in 
order,  according  to  rank.  At  all  other  times  they  shall  perform  such  duties 
as  may  be  assigned  them  by  the  Grand  Encampment,  or  such  as  are  tradition- 
ally appropriate  to  their  respective  stations. 

THE    GRAND    TREASURER. 

Section  16*.  1.  The  Grand  Treasurer,  unless  otherwise  directed  by  the 
Grand  Encampment,  shall  invest,  from  time  to  time,  all  such  moneys  as  may 
come  to  his  hands.,  belonging  to  the  Grand  Encampment,  over  and  above  the 
sum  of  three  hundred  dollars,  in  such  way  as  he  may  judge  most  to  the  in- 
terest of  the  Grand  Encampment,  but  subject  to  call  on  thirty  days'  notice. 
And  the  same  shall  be  at  his  command  on  the  first  day  of  the  month  preceding 
the  Triennial  meeting  of  the  Grand  Encampment. 

2.  He  shall  render  to  the  Grand  Encampment,  at  its  Triennial  Conclaves, 
a  true  and  perfect  account  of  his  doings  in  this  respect,  together  with  an  ac- 
count of  ail  moneys  received,  and  the  earnings  thereon  accrued  from  invest- 
ments, and  the  amounts  disbursed  by  him  during  the  vacation. 

3.  Also  a  copy  of  the  same  to  the  Grand  Mjister,  by  the  first  day  of  the 
month  preceding  the  Triennial  Meeting,  to  the  end  that  the  Grand  Master 
may  make  such  suggestions  on  account  thereof  as  he  may  deem  necessary. 

4.  He  shall  pay  all .  drafts  drawn  upon  the  contingent  fund  by  the  Grand 
Master. 

5.  He  shall  carefully  preserve,  and  render  from  time  to  time,  as  ordered, 
an  inventory  of  all  property  belonging  to  the  Grand  Encampment  entrusted  to 
his  keeping. 


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THE   GRAND    RECORDER. 

Section  17.  1.  The  Grand  Recorder  shall  collect  and  receive  all  the 
revenue  of  the  Grand  Encampment,  and  pay  over  the  amount  to  the  Grand 
Treasurer  whenever  it  reaches  the  sum  of  one  hundred  dollars. 

2.  He  shall  render,  annually,  to  the  Grand  Master  and  to  the  Grand 
Treasurer,  copies  of  his  accounts  of  all  moneys  received  and  paid  to  the  Grand 
Treasurer — naming  the  sources  from  which  they  were  received — bringing  up 
said  accounts  to  the  first  day  of  September  ;  provided,  that  in  the  year  in 
which  the  Conclave  is  held,  it  shall  be  rendered  the  first  day  of  the  month 
preceding. 

3.  And  also  to  the  Grand  Encampment,  triennially,  a  general  account  of 
the  same,  with  his  expenditures  of  the  "  contingent  fund  "  of  his  office. 

4.  He  shall  forward  to  each  newly  constituted  Commandery,  immediately 
upon  receiving  official  notice  that  a  dispensation  has  issued,  a  copy  of  this 
Constitution,  together  with  whatever  Statutes  and  Edicts  are  in  force, 

5.  He  shall  report  to  the  Grand  Encampment,  on  the  first  day  of  each 
Triennial  Meeting,  the  names  of  the  Grand  Commanderies,  and  of  those  Com- 
manderies  working  under  the  immediate  jurisdiction  of  the  Grand  Encamp- 
ment, which  have  not  complied  with  the  requisition  to  furnish  him  with  its  full 
annual  historical  and  financial  returns  for  the  use  of  the  Grand  Encampment. 

6.  He  shall  report  annually,  on  the  first  day  of  September,  except  the  year 
of  the  Grand  Conclave,  when  it  shall  be  a  month  preceding,  to  the  Grand 
Master,  the  names  of  the  Grand  Commanderies,  and  those  Commanderies 
working  under  the  immediate  jurisdiction  of  the  Grand  Encampment,  which 
have  not  complied  with  the  requisition  to  furnish  its  full  animal  historical  and 
financial  returns  for  the  use  of  the  Grand  Master. 

7.  He  shall  open  and  keep  a  "Book  of  Templar  Masonry,"  in  which  shall 
be  entered,  in  appropriate  columns,  the  following  subjects  : — 

A.  A  Register  of  Commanderies — to  contain — 

1.  1.  The  date  of  issuing  every  warrant  by  the  Grand  Master  for  the 
forming  of  a  Grand  Connnandery. 

2.  The  date  of  issuing  every  dispensation  for  a  subordinate  Commandery, 
and — 

3.  The  date  of  issuing  every  charter  for  a  subordinate  Commandery, 
granted  by  authority  of  the  Grand  Encampment  since  its  origin  (1816). 

II.  1.  The  Roll  of  Officers  of  the  -'Great  Priory  of  the  United  Orders  of 
the  Temple  and  Malta,  in  England  and  Wales." 

2.  The  Roll  of  Priories  and  Officers  of  the  ' '  Great  Priory  of  the  United 
Orders  of  the  Temple  and  Malta,  for  the  Dominion  of  Canada. " 

B.  A  Register  of  Membership. 

1.  The  Roll  of  Officers  of  the  Grand  Encampment,  with  their  terms  of  ser- 
vice, etc.,  since  the  origin  of  the  same. 

II.  1.  The  roll  of  elective  Officers  of  the  Grand  Commanderies,  terms  of 
service,  etc. ,  from  the  organization  of  each. 

2.  The  Roll  of  Officers  of  the  subordinate  Commanderies  working  under 
the  jurisdiction  of  the  Grand  Encampment. 

3.  With  all  the  current  changes  resulting  from  dismissions,  suspensions, 
expulsions  and  deaths. 


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0.  Historical  data,  tending  to  complete  the  history  of  Templar  Masonry 
in  the  United  States. 

1.  To  collect  and  bind  in  orderly  volumes,  a  copy  of  all  the  proceedings 
of  the  Grand  Encampment  since  its  organization. 

II.  1.  To  collect  and  bind  in  orderly  volumes,  copies  of  the  proceedings 
of  all  the  Grand  Commanderies,  from  the  organization  of  each. 

2.  To  collect  and  bind  in  orderly  volumes,  copies  of  the  By-Laws  of  all 
the  Grand  Commanderies. 

3.  To  collect  and  bind  in  an  orderly  volume,  impressions  of  tlie  seals  of 
all  the  Grand  Commanderies. 

III.  1.  To  collect  and  bind  in  orderly  volumes,  copies  oi  the  By-Laws  of 
all  the  subordinate  Commanderies  working  under  the  immediate  jurisdiction 
of  the  Grand  Encampment. 

2.  To  collect  and  bind  in  an  orderly  volume,  impressions  of  the  seals  of 
each  subordinate  Commandery  working  under  the  immediate  jurisdiction  of 
the  Grand  Encampment. 

8.  And  he  shall  also  make  a  triennial  report  to  the  Grand  Encampment  of 
his  otficial  acts. 

THE   REMAININfl   0FFTCET18. 

Section  18.  The  duties  of  the  remaining  Officers  of  the  Grand  Encamp- 
ment are  such  as  are  traditionally  appropriate  to  their  respective  stations,  or 
such  as  may  be  assigned  them  by  the  Grand  Encampment. 

GENERAL   PROVISIONS. 

Section  19.  The  Grand  Master,  the  Deputy  Grand  Master,  the  Grand 
Generalissimo,  and  the  Grand  Captain  General,  are  severally  authorized  to 
visit  and  preside  in  any  Commandery  of  Knights  Templar  throughout  the 
jurisdiction  of  the  Grand  Encampment,  and  to  give  such  instructions  and 
directions  as  the  good  of  the  Institution  may  require,  always  adhering  to  the 
Constitution,  Statutes  and  Edicts  of  the  Grand  Encampment. 

Section  20.  In  the  event  of  the  absence  of  all  the  four  principal  officers 
of  the  Grand  Encampment,  the  Past  Grand  Officers,  according  to  rank  and 
seniority  of  service,  shall  be  empowered  to  preside. 

Section  21.  The  Grand  Treasurer  and  the  Grand  Recorder  shall  severally 
give  bond,  with  sureties,  in  such  form  and  to  such  an  amount — but  not  less 
than  double  the  estimated  triennial  receipts  by  either — as  shall  from  time  to 
time  be  determined  by  the  Grand  Master,  who  shall  judge  and  approve  the 
efficiency  of  such  bonds  and  sureties,  and  who  shall  keep  and  preserve  the 
same. 

Section  22.  Any  Grand  Officer,  save  as  above  accepted,  coming  into  the 
receipt  of  money  or  property  belonging  to  the  Grand  Encampment,  shall  forth- 
with remit  the  same  to  the  Grand  Recorder. 

ARTICLE  II. 

GRAND   COMMANDERIES — HOW   CONSTITUTED. 

Section  23.  Whenever  there  shall  be  three  or  more  Subordinate  Char- 
tered Commanderies  instituted  or  holden  under  this  Constitution,  in  any  one 


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State,  District,  or  Territorj%  in  which  a  Cxrancl  Commandery  has  not  been 
heretofore  formed,  a  Grand  Commandery  may  be  formed,  after  obtaining  the 
Warrant  of  the  Grand  Encampment. 

Section  24.  Its  jurisdiction  shall  be  the  territorial  limits  in  which  it  is 
holden. 

Section  25.  Tlie  (xrand  Commandery  of  Massachusetts  and  Rhode  Island 
is  recognized  as  holding  jurisdiction  over  both  those  States. 

or    WHOM    COMPOSED. 

Section  26.     A  Grand  Commandery  consists  of  the  following  members  : — 
(1.)     The  Grand  Commander. 

The  Deputy  Grand  Commander. 
The  Grand  Generalissimo. 
The  Grand  Captain  General. 
The  Grand  Prelate. 
The  Grand  Senior  Warden. 
The  Grand  Junior  Warden. 
The  Grand  Treasurer. 
The  Grand  Recorder. 
The  Grand  Standard  Bearer. 
The  Grand  Sword  Bearer. 
The  (irand  Warder,  and 
The  Grand  Captain  of  the  Guard, 
The  first  nine  of  whom  shall  be  elected  by  ballot,  and  the  remaining  four 
shall  be  elected  or  appointed,  as  the  Grand  Commandery  may  direct. 
(2.)     All  Past  Grand  Commanders. 

All  Past  Deputy  Grand  Commanders. 
All  Past  Grand  Generalissimos,  and 

All  Past  Grand  Captains  General,  of  the  same  Grand  Com- 
mandery, so  long  as  they  remain  members  of  the  subor- 
dinate Commanderies  under  the  same  territorial  juris- 
diction. 
(8. )     The  Commander. 

The  Generalissimo,  and 

The  Captain  General  of   each   subordinate  Commandery 
working  under  the  same  Grand  Commandery. 
(4.)     All  Past  Commanders  of  the  subordinate  Commanderies 
working  under  the  same  Grand  Commandery,  so  long  as 
they  remain  members  of  subordinate  Commanderies  un- 
der the  same  territorial  jurisdiction;  Provided,  however^ 
that  when  a  Past  Commander  changes  his  membership  to 
a  subordinate  of  a  different  Grand  Commandery,  such 
Grand  Commandery  may  elect  him  to  membership  therein 
to  continue  as  long  as  he  is  a  member  of  a  subordinate 
Commandery  under  its  jurisdiction. 
Each  of  whom  shall  be  entitled,  when  present,  to  one  vote,  and  no  more, 
(except  as  proxy, )  in  all  the  proceedings  of  the  Grand  Commandery. 

Section  27.     No  person  shall  be  eligible  to  any  office  in  a  State  Grand 


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Commandery,  unless  he  shall  be  at  the  time  a  member  of  some  subordinate 
Commandery  working  under  the  same  Grand  Commandery. 


Section  28.  Any  officer  specified  in  the  twenty- sixth  section,  except  Past 
Commanders,  may  appear  and  vote  hy  proxy,  said  proxy  being  at  the  time  of 
service  a  member  of  the  same  subordinate  Conmiandery  as  his  principal,  and 
producing  a  properly  authenticated  certificate  of  his  appointment.  ♦ 


Section  29.  The  title  and  designation  of  the  Grand  Commander  of  a  State 
Grand  Commandery,  is  Rigid  Eminent. 

That  of  Deputy  Grand  Commander,  Very  Eminent. 
Oi  the  remaining  officers  of  the  Grand  Commandery,  Eminent. 

CONCLAVES. 

Section  30.  Each  Grand  Commandery  shall  hold  a  regular  Conclave 
annually,  at  such  time  and  place  as  it  may  direct. 

Section  31.     Special  Conclaves  may  be  called  by  the  Grand  Commander. 

Section  32.  No  business  shall  be  transacted  at  a  Special  Conclave  except 
that  which  was  specified  in  the  original  summons. 

powers  and  duties. 

Section  33.  (1.)  Each  Grand  Commandery,  at  its  Annual  Conclave, 
shall  review  and  consider  all  the  official  reports  of  its  officers,  and  the  pro- 
ceedings of  its  subordinates  for  the  preceding  year. 

(2. )  It  shall  elect  by  ballot  its  several  officers  ;  Provided,  that  the  Grand 
Standard  Bearer,  the  Grand  Sword  Bearer,  the  Grand  Warder,  and  the  Grand 
Captain  of  the  Guard,  may  be  elected  or  appointed,  as  the  Grand  Commandery 
may  direct. 

(3. )  It  shall  have  power  to  adopt  such  Rules  and  Edicts,  subordinate  to 
the  Constitutions  and  the  Statutes  of  the  Grand  Encampment  of  the  United 
States,  as  may  be  necessary  for  the  good  of  the  Order. 

(4.)  It  shall  examine  the  accounts  of  the  Grand  Treasurer  and  Grand 
Recorder. 

(5.)  It  shall  supervise  the  state  and  condition  of  the  finances,  and  adopt 
such  measures  in  relation  thereto  as  may  be  necessary  to  increase,  secure,  and 
preserve  the  same,  and  also  to  secure  the  utmost  punctuality  on  the  part  of 
every  accounting  officer  in  the  safe  keeping  and  paying  over  the  funds  and 
property  of  the  Grand  Commandery. 

(6.)  It  may  grant  or  withhold  Dispensations  and  Charters  for  new  Com- 
manderies. 

(7. )  For  good  cause  it  may  revoke  any  pre-existing  Charter  or  Dispensa- 
tion. 

(8.)  It  may  assign  the  limits  of  subordinate  Commanderies  within  its  own 
jurisdiction,  and  settle  all  controversies  that  may  arise  between  them. 

(9. )  And  finally,  it  shall  consider  and  do  all  matters  and  things  appertain- 
ing to  the  good,  well-being,  and  perpetuation  of  Templar  Masonry,  but  always 
subordinate  to  the  Grand  Encampment  of  the  United  States. 


GRAND   ENCAMPMENT   OF   THE   UNITED    STATES.  11 

Section  34.  At  every  Conclave,  all  questions  shall  be  determined  by  a 
majority  of  votes,  the  presiding  officer,  for  the  time  being,  being  entitled  to 
one  vote.  In  case  the  votes  are  equally  divided,  he  shall  also  give  the  casting 
vote. 

Section  35.  No  appeal  shall  lie  to  the  Grand  Commandery  from  the  de- 
cision of  the  Grand  Commander,  except  on  questions  arising  as  to  the  con- 
struction of  the  Rules  and  Edicts  of  the  Grand  Commandery. 

TENURE    OF   OFFICE. 

Section  36.  The  several  Grand  Officers  shall  hold  their  respective  offices 
until  their  successors  shall  be  duly  elected  and  installed. 

THE   GRAND   COMMANDER. 

Section  37.  (1.)  The  Grand  Commander  shall  have  a  watchful  super- 
vision over  all  the  subordinate  Commanderies  under  his  jurisdiction,  and  see 
that  the  Constitution,  Statutes  and  Edicts  of  the  Grand  Encampment,  and  the 
Constitution,  Rules  and  Edicts  of  his  own  Grand  Commandery,  are  duly  and 
promptly  observed. 

(2. )  He  shall  have  the  power  and  authority,  during  the  recess  of  his  Grand 
Commandery,  to  grant  Letters  of  Dispensation  to  nine  or  more  petitioners 
residing  within  his  jurisdiction,  and  possessing  the  constitutional  qualifications 
empowering  them  to  form  and  open  a  Commandery. 

(3. )  Such  Dispensation  shall  be  in  force  no  longer  than  the  next  Annual 
Conclave  of  his  Grand  Commandery. 

(4. )  But  no  Letters  of  Dispensation  for  constituting  a  new  Commandery 
shall  be  issued  save  upon  the  recommendation  of  the  Commandery  in  the  same 
territorial  jurisdiction  nearest  the  location  of  the  new  Commandery  prayed  for. 

(o. )  During  the  recess  of  his  Grand  Commandery,  he  may  suspend  from 
the  functions  of  his  office  any  officer  of  the  Grand  or  subordinate  Commandery, 
or  arrest  the  Charter  or  Dispensation  of  a  Commandery  ;  but  in  neither  case 
shall  such  suspension  affect  the  standing  in  the  Order  of  such  officer,  or  his 
membership  in  the  Commandery.  And  he  shall  report  his  action  in  full  therein 
to  the  next  Conclave  of  the  Grand  Commandery  for  its  final  action. 

(6. )  He  may  visit  and  preside  at  any  Commandery  within  the  jurisdiction 
of  his  Grand  Commandery,  and  give  such  instructions  and  directions  as  the 
good  of  the  Order  may  require,  always  adhering  to  the  Constitution,  Statutes 
and  Edicts  of  the  Grand  Encampment,  and  the  Constitution,  Rules  and  Edicts 
of  his  Grand  Commandery. 

(7.)  It  is  his  duty,  either  in  person,  or  by  proxy,  to  attend  all  Conclaves 
of  the  Grand  Encampment,  and  to  see  that  the  Grand  Recorder  promptly  dis- 
charges the  duty  enjoined  in  Section  40  (3). 

THE    deputy    grand    COMMANDER. 

Section  38.  (1.)  The  Deputy  Grand  Commander,  in  the  event  of  the 
death,  removal,  or  physical  incompetency  of  his  superior,  shall  act  as  the 
Grand  Commander.  At  all  other  times,  he  shall  perform  such  other  duties  as 
may  be  assigned  him  by  the  Grand  Commander  or  the  Grand  Commandery. 

(2. )  It  is  his  duty,  either  in  person,  or  by  proxy,  to  attend  all  Conclaves 
of  the  Grand  Encampment. 


12  CONSTITUTION   OF   THE 


CRAND   GENERALISSIMO   AND    GRANU    CAPTAIN    GENERAL. 

Section  39.  (1.)  In  the  absence  of  their  respective  superiors,  the  Grand 
Generalissimo  and  Grand  Captain  General  shall  severally  act  as  Grand  Com- 
manders, in  order,  according  to  rank.  At  all  other  times  they  shall  perform 
such  duties  as  may  ])e  assigned  them  by  the  Grand  Commandery,  or  such  as 
are  traditionally  appropriate  to  their  respective  stations. 

(2.)'  It  is  their  duty,  either  in  person,  or  by  proxy,  to  attend  all  Conclaves 
of  the  Grand  Encampment. 

THE   GRAND   RECORDER. 

Section  40.  (1.)  The  Grand  Recorder  shall  make  an  annual  communica- 
tion to  the  Grand  Recorder  of  each  of  the  other  Grand  Commanderies,  likewise 
to  the  Grand  Master  and  the  Grand  Recorder  of  the  Grand  Encampment. 

(2. )  Said  comnmnication  shall  embrace  the  roll  of  Grand  Officers,  and  such 
other  matters  as  may  conduce  to  the  general  good  of  the  Order. 

(3. )  He  shall  forward  to  the  Grand  Recorder  of  the  Grand  Encampment, 
on  or  before  the  first  day  of  July  of  each  year.  Annual  Returns  and  Dues  for 
his  Grand  Commandery.     [As  amended  at  Chicago,  August  20,  A.  I).  1880.] 

(4. )  He  shall  also  annually  transmit  to  the  (4rand  Master  and  Grand  Re- 
corder of  the  Grand  Encampment  of  the  United  States  copies  of  all  its  printed 
Proceedings,  and  of  the  Statutes,  Rules  and  Edicts  adopted  by  this  Grand 
Commandery. 

THE   remaining    OFFICERS. 

Section  41.  The  duties  of  the  remaining  officers,  as  well  as  those  above 
specified,  shall  be  such  as  are  traditionally  appropriate  to  their  respective  sta- 
tions, or  allotted  to  them  by  the  Grand  Commandery,  and  corresponding  as 
near  as  may  be  to  those  of  the  corresponding  officers  of  the  Grand  Encampment 
of  the  United  States. 

GENERAL   PROVISIONS. 

Section  42.  In  the  event  of  the  absence  of  the  first  four  officers  of  the 
Grand  Commandery,  the  Past  Grand  Officers,  according  to  the  rank  and 
seniority  of  service,  shall  be  empowered  to  preside. 


ARTICLE   III. 

SUBORDINATE   COMMANDERIES — HOW   CONSTITUTED. 

Section  43.  Each  Grand  Commandery  shall  have  exclusive  power  to  con- 
stitute new  Commanderies  within  its  jurisdiction. 

Section  44.  The  Grand  Encampment  shall  have  exclusive  power  to  con- 
stitute new  Commanderies  within  any  State,  District  or  Territory,  wherein 
there  is  no  Grand  Commandery  regularly  formed  under  the  authority  of  the 
Grand  Encampment. 


GRAND    ENCAMPMENT   OF   THE    UNITED    STATES.  13 


OF   WHOM    COMPOSED. 

Section  45.  A  subordinate  Commandery  consists  of  the  following  mem- 
bers : — 

(1.)     The  Commander. 

The  Generalissimo. 

The  Captain  General. 

The  Prelate. 

The  Senior  Warden. 

The  Junior  Warden. 

The  Treasurer. 

The  Recorder. 

The  Standard  Bearer. 

The  Sword  Bearer,  and 

The  Warder. 
(2.)     As  many  members  as  may  be  found  convenient  for  work  and  dis- 
cipline ;  each  of  whom  shall  be  entitled   when  present,  to  one  vote  in  the 
proceedings  of  the  subordinate  Commandery. 

TITLES. 

Section  46.  The  title  and  designation  of  the  Commander  of  a  subordinate 
Commandery  is  Eminent. 

CONCLAVES. 

Section  47.  The  Stated  Conclav^es  of  a  subordinate  Commandery  shall  be 
held  at  least  semi-annually,  at  such  time  and  place  as  may  be  specified  in  the 
charter,  or  designated  in  the  By-Laws  of  the  Commandery. 

Section  48.     Special  Conclaves  may  be  called  by  the  Commander. 

Section  49.  No  business  shall  be  transacted  at  the  Special  Conclaves  ex- 
cept that  which  was  specified  in  the  original  summons. 

POWERS   AND   duties. 

Section  50.  At  every  Conclave  all  questions  shall  be  determined  by  a 
majority  of  votes,  the  presiding  officer,  for  the  time  being,  being  entitled  to 
one  vote.  In  case  the  votes  are  equally  divided,  he  shall  also  give  the  casting 
vote. 

Section  51.  No  appeal  shall  lie  to  the  Commandery  from  the  decision  of 
the  Commander. 

officers. 

Section  52.  The  several  officers  shall  hold  their  respective  offices  until 
their  successors  are  duly  elected  and  installed. 

the  commander. 

vSection  53.  (1.)  The  Commander  has  it  in  special  charge  to  see  that  the 
By-Laws  of  his  Commandery  are  duly  observed,  as  well  as  the  Constitution, 
Statutes,  Rules  and  Edicts  of  the  Grand  Commandery,  and  of  the  Grand  En- 
campment of  the  United  States. 

(2. )     That  accurate  records  are  kept  and  just  accounts  rendered. 

(3. )  That  regular  returns  are  made  to  tne  Grand  Encampment  or  Grand 
Commandery  annually,  and  that  the  annual  dues  are  promptly  paid. 


14  Constitution  of  the 

(4.)  It  is  his  duty,  together  with  the  Generalissimo  and  Captain  General, 
either  in  person  or  by  proxy,  to  attend  all  Conclaves  of  the  Grand  Encamp- 
ment or  of  his  Grand  Commandery. 

THE     RECORDER. 

Section  o4.  (1.)  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Eecorder  of  every  subor- 
dinate Commandery,  working  under  the  immediate  jurisdiction  of  the  Grand 
Encampment, 

(2.)  To  report  annually  to  the  (4rand  Recorder  of  the  Grand  Encampment, 
up  to  the  first  day  of  July,  the  roll  of  his  officers  and  members,  and  the  work- 
ing roll  of  his  Commandery.     [As  amended  August  20,  1880.] 

(3.)  And  to  accompany  the  same  with  the  amount  of  dues  to  the  Grand 
Encampment ;  provided,  that  in  the  year  in  which  the  Grand  Conclave  is  held, 
these  duties  shall  be  reported  a  month  preceding. 

(4. )  For  failure  herein,  the  Commandery  so  offending  shall  be  subject  to 
knightly  discipline. 

GENERAL    PROVISIONS. 

Section  55.  In  the  event  of  the  absence  of  the  first  three  officers  of  the 
Commandery,  the  Past  Commanders,  according  to  seniority  of  service,  shall  be 
empowered  to  preside. 

ARTICLE    IV. 

MISCELLANEOUS — DUES,    FEES,    AND   FINANCES. 

Section  56.  The  Grand  Commanderies,  in  such  manner  as  they  may  re- 
spectively determine,  shall  annually  collect  and  pay  to  the  Grand  Recorder  of 
the  Grand  Encampment  an  amount  equal  to  five  cents  for  each  Sir  Knight  re- 
turned as  a  member  of  their  respective  subordinate  Commanderies,  at  the 
Conclave  of  the  Grand  Commandery  preceding  July  the  first  in  each  year. 
[As  amended  August  20,  1880.] 

Section  57.  This  fund,  mth  the  returns  of  the. (i rand  Commandery,  shall 
be  forwarded  to  the  Grand  Recorder  of  the  Grand  Encampment  on  or  before 
the  first  day  of  July  in  each  year.  Returns  and  dues  shall  be  forwarded  the 
month  preceding.     [As  amended  August  20,  1880.] 

Section  58.  The  fee  for  instituting  a  new  Commandery  shall  not  be  less 
than  ninety  dollars. 

Section  59.  For  every  Knight  Templar  created  in  any  Commandery, 
whilst  under  the  immediate  jurisdiction  of  the  Grand  Encampment,  there  shall 
be  paid  two  dollars  into  the  treasury  of  the  Grand  Encampment. 

Section  60.  The  Grand  Recorder  of  the  Grand  Encampment  shall  receive 
ten  dollars  as  his  fee  for  each  charter  issued,  and  five  dollars  for  endorsing, 
under  the  seal  of  the  Grand  Encampment,  the  extension  of  a  dispensation. 

Section  61.  The  Grand  Commanderies,  respectively,  shall  possess  au- 
thority, upon  the  institution  of  new  Commanderies  within  their  respective 
jurisdictions — 

(1.)  To  require  from  the  several  Commanderies  within  their  respective 
jurisdictions,  such  proportions  of  the  sums  received  by  them  for  conferring  the 
orders ; 


GRAND   ENCAMPMENT   OF    THE   UNITED    STATES.  15 

(2.)     Also  such  sums  in  the  form  of  annual  dues  from  their  respective  mem- 
bers as  may  be  necessary  for  supporting  the  Grand  Commandery. 

Section  62.  No  subordinate  Commandery  shall  confer  the  Orders  of 
Knighthood  for  a  less  sum  than  twenty  dollars. 

UK  AND    master's    CONTINGENT    FUND. 

Section  63.  There  shall  be  a  Contingent.  Fund  of  three  hundred  dollars 
placed  to  the  credit  of  the  Most  Eminent  Grand  Master,  on  the  books  of  the 
Grand  Treasurer,  at  the  close  of  each  Triennial  Conclave,  out  of  which  the 
Grand  Master  shall  reimburse  himself  for  his  necessary  cash  expenses  in  the 
performance  of  his  constitutional  duties,  and  make  a  triennial  report  of  the 
same  to  the  Grand  Encampment. 

GRAND   recorder's   CONTINGENT   FUND. 

Section  64.  There  shall  be  appropriated,  at  each  Triennial  Conclave  of 
the  Grand  Encampment,  a  sufficient. sum  to  be  used  by  the  Grand  Recorder  to 
meet  the  current  expenses  of  the  secretariat,  of  which  he  shall  render  an  ac- 
count at  the  succeeding  Triennial  Conclave. 

ROYAL  ARCH  MASONS  ONLY  ELIGIBLE  TO  THE  ORDER. 

Section  65.  (1.)  No  Commandery,  Grand  or  subordinate,  shall  confer  the 
Orders  of  Knighthood  upon  any  one  who  is  not  a  regular  Royal  Arch  Mason, 
according  to  the  requirements  of  the  (Tcneral  Grand  Chapter  of  the  United 
States. 

ORDER   OF   SUCCESSION. 

(2. )  The  rule  of  succession  in  conferring  the  Orders  of  Knighthood  shall 
be  as  follows  :  1.  The  Knight  of  the  Red  Cross.  2.  Knight  Templar,  and 
Knight  of  Malta. 

COMMANDERY    TO    HAVE    DISPENSATION    OR    CHARTER. 

(3. )  Every  Commandery  working  in  a  State,  District,  or  Territory,  where 
there  is  a  Grand  Commandery,  shall  have  a  dispensation  or  charter  from  said 
Grand  Commandery.  And  no  Commandery  hereafter  to  be  formed  or  opened 
in  such  State,  District,  or  Territory,  shall  be  deemed  legal  without  such  dis- 
pensation or  charter. 

WITHOUT   CHARTER,    ALL   TEMPLAR   COMMUNICATION    FORBIDDEN. 

(4. )  All  Templar  communication  is  interdicted  between  any  Commandery 
working  under  the  general  or  special  jurisdiction  of  this  Grand  Encampment, 
or  any  member  thereof,  and  any  Commandery  or  member  of  such,  that  may 
be  formed,  opened,  or  holden  in  such  State,  District,  or  Territory,  without 
such  dispensation  or  charter. 

SOJOURNER    NOT    ELIGIBLE   TO   THE    ORDER. 

(5. )  It  shall  be  deemed  irregular  for  any  Commandery  to  confer  the  Orders 
of  Knighthood,  or  either  of  them,  upon  any  sojourner,  whose  place  of  residence 
is  within  any  State,  District,  or  Territory  in  which  there  is  a  Commandery 
regularly  at  work,  until  the  consent  of  the  Commandery  having  territorial 
jurisdiction  is  first  obtained. 


16  CONSTITUTION   OF   THE 

DISCIPLINE   FOR   VIOLATION   OF   (5). 

(6. )  111  the  event  of  the  violation  of  this  interdict,  the  Commandery  so 
offending  shall  be  subject  to  knightly  discipline,  and  be  required  to  pay  over 
to  the  Commandery  having  jurisdiction  the  amount  of  fees  received  for  such 
admission. 

vow   OF   OFFICE. 

(7.)  The  officers  of  every  Commandery,  Grand  and  Subordinate,  before 
entering  upon  the  exercise  of  their  respective  offices,  shall  take  the  following 
vow,  viz.:  "  I,  (A.  B. ),  do  promise  and  vow  that  I  will  support  and  maintain 
the  Constitution  and  Code  of  Statutes  of  the  Grand  Encampment  of  Knights 
Templar  of  the  United  States  of  America." 

PROXIES   MAY   CONSTITUTE. 

(8.)  The  Grand  Master  of  this  Grand  Encampment  may  issue  his  proxy  to 
any  Knight  Templar  in  regular  standing,  authorizing  him  to  constitute  a  sub- 
ordinate Commandery  which  has  received  a  charter ;  and  any  Commandery 
thus  constituted  shall  be  deemed  regularly  constituted. 

READING    OF   THE   JOURNAL. 

Section  66.  (1.)  After  the  opening  of  the  Grand  Encampment,  it  shall 
be  the  duty  of  the  Grand  Recorder  to  read  the  journal  of  the  last  Triennial 
Conclave,  unless  such  reading  be  dispensed  with  ;  and  at  the  resumption  of 
business  in  each  successive  morning  session,  the  minutes  of  the  preceding  day 
shall  also  be  read. 

COMMirrEE   ON    CREDENTIALS. 

(2. )  A  Committee  on  Credentials,  consisting  of  three,  shall  be  appointed 
by  the  Grand  Master  at  the  opening  of  the  Grand  Conclave,  to  report  at  the 
opening  of  the  next  session.  Promdedy  that  no  Grand  or  Subordinate  Com- 
mandery shall  be  reported  as  represented,  nor  shall  its  representatives  be  en- 
titled to  seats  unless  the  dues  shall  have  been  paid  and  the  returns  filed  in  the 
Grand  Recorder's  office,  except  hy  a  vote  of  the  Grand  Encampment.  [^tS* 
amended  August  ^W,  1880.] 

REPORTS   OF   GRAND   OFFICERS. 

(3.)  After  the  report  of  this  committee,  the  Grand  Master,  the  Deputy 
Grand  Master,  the  Grand  Generalissimo,  the  Grand  Caj)tain  General,  the 
Grand  Treasurer,  and  the  Grand  Recorder  will  successively  read  the  reports 
of  their  doings  during  the  preceding  three  years. 

These  reports  shall  be  referred  to  the  standing  committee  on  the  doings  of 
Grand  Officers,  who  may  recommend  the  apportionment  of  such  parts  thereof  to 
special  or  to  such  other  of  the  standing  committees  as  they  may  deem  necessary. 

STANDING   COMMITTEES. 

(4. )     The  standing  committees  shall  be  : 

1.  A  Committee  on  the  Doings  of  the  Grand  Officers. 

2.  A  Committee  on  Finance. 

3.  A  Committee  on  Dispensations  and  New  Commanderies. 

4.  A  Committee  on  Unfinished  Business. 

5.  A  Committee  on  Grievances. 

6.  A  Committee  on  Templar  Jurispfudelice. 

7.  A  Committee  to  designate  the  place  of  the  next  Triennial  Conclave. 


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8.  A  Committee  on  Printing,  consisting  of  the  Grand  Master,  Deputy 
(Irand  Master,  and  Grand  Recorder,  who  shall  contract  for  the 
printing  of  the  proceedings  of  each  Triennial  Conclave,  and  deter- 
mine, in  the  absence  of  a  vote  of  the  Grand  Encampment,  what 
portion  of  the  proceedings  shall  be  printed,  and  the  style  in  whicli 
it  shall  be  done.     [As  Amended  August  ',W,  1S80.] 

NEW   BUSINESS. 

(5.)  While  the  several  committees  are  preparing  their  reports,  the  new 
business  may  be  acted  upon  ;  and  if  any  subject  is  brought  forward  requiring 
a  reference  to  any  standing  or  special  committee,  it  shall  be  so  referred  forth- 
with. 

All  committees  shall  report  as  soon  as  convenient  after  their  appointment. 

SPEAK    BUT    ONCE. 

(6.j  No  Sir  Knight  shall  be  allowed  to  speak  more  than  once  on  the  same 
subject,  except  to  explain  the  meaning  of  some  of  his  remarks,  unless  it  be  by 
special  permission  of  the  (xrand  Encampment  tirst  obtained. 

ELECTION    OF   OFFICERS. 

(7. )  The  Grand  Encampment  shall  proceed  to  the  election  of  officers  for 
the  ensuing  three  years,  immediately  after  the  opening  of  the  first  session  on 
Thursday  following  the  commencement  of  the  Triennial  Conclave. 

EXEMPLTFICATTON    OF   THE    WORK. 

(8. )  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Grand  Master  at  each  Triennial  Conclave, 
if  time  permit,  to  cause  an  exemplification  of  the  work  appertaining  to  the 
Orders  of  Knighthood  before  the  Grand  Encampment ;  and  also  to  correct 
officially  all  irregularities  and  discrepancies  that  exist. 

AMENDMENTS. 

Section  67.  The  Grand  Encampment  shall  be  competent,  upon  the  con- 
currence of  three-fourths  of  its  members  present  at  any  reguhir  Conclave,  to 
revise,  amend,  and  alter  this  Constitution. 

Provided,  however^  that  any  member  intending  to  submit  a  motion  relative 
to  a  change  of  the  Constitution,  Statutes,  or  Rituals,  shall  give  notice  thereof 
in  writing  to  the  Grand  Recorder,  at  least  four  months  before  the  day  on  which 
the  Grand  Conclave  shall  be  held  at  which  such  subject  is  to  be  discussed,  and 
notice  thereof  shall  l)e  inserted  in  the  summons  ;  otherwise  no  such  motion 
shall  be  entertained. 

Provided,  further ^  that  the  proposed  amendments  may  be  modified  in  any 
manner  by  the  Grand  ICncampment  while  the  same  is  under  consideration. 
No  modification,  however,  shall  be  made  not  germain  to  tlie  matter  contained 
in  the  original  proposed  amendment. 


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CODE   OF  STATUTES 

OF    THE 

Grand  EncampmGnt  d1  Knights  TEmplai 

OF    THE 

UNITED    STATES    OF    AMERICA. 

Adopted  in  1874. 


I.       APPEAL. 


1.  All  expelled  or  suspended  Knight  has  the  right  of  appeal  to  his  Grand 
Commmaiidery. 

2.  Effect  of  appeal.  An  appeal  taken  from  expulsion,  or  indefinite  sus- 
pension, does  not  suspend  the  judgment  appealed  from.  In  other  cases  an 
appeal  operates  as  a  supersedeas. 

3.  If  the  judgment  appealed  from  be  reversed,  the  Knight  who  was  under 
discipline  is  thereby  restored  to  good  standing  and  membership  in  his  Com- 
mandery. 

4.  A  Grand  Commandery,  upon  an  appeal,  may  modify  the  judgments  of 
its  subordinates. 

5.  If  the  Grand  Commandery  shall  restore  an  expelled  or  suspended  Knight 
to  good  standing  merely,  the  Grand  Recorder  shall  give  a  certificate  to  that 
effect. 

6.  An  appeal  taken  and  abandoned  leaves  the  judgment  in  full  force. 

7.  Appeal,  how  heard.  A  Grand  Commandery  acting  upon  an  appeal 
may  admit  the  appellant  to  argue  his  own  case,  although  he  may  have  been 
expelled  by  his  Commandery. 

8.  An  accused  may  be  represented  by  counsel  at  all  stages  of  the  trial  : 
provided,  such  counsel  shall  be  a  Knight  Templar  in  good  standing. 

9.  Appeal  from  the  Grand  Commandery.  A  decision  of  a  Grand  Com- 
mandery is  final,  and  no  appeal  to  the  Grand  Encampment  can  be  taken,  unless 
the  decision  involves  a  construction  of  the  Constitution,  Code  of  Statutes  or 
Edicts,  or  Statutes  of  the  Grand  Encampment. 

II.       ABSENTEES — RIGHTS   OF. 

A  member  of  a  Commannery  has  the  right  to  know  all  the  transactions  at 
the  Conclaves  of  his  Commandery,  whether  affecting  himself  or  not. 


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III.       ADJOURN. 

The  Grand  Encampment  and  Grand  Commanderies  ' '  adjourn. " 

IV.       ASSESSMENTS. 

1.  May  be  levied.  A  Commandery,  Grand  Commandery,  and  the  Grand 
Encampment,  respectively,  has  the  right  to  levy  and  collect  such  pro  rata 
assessments  as  may  be  needed  to  pay  the  expenses  of  the  body. 

2.  In  the  absence  of  any  special  law,  a  majority  vote  may  determine  the  pro- 
priety of  an  assessment  and  the  amount  thereof  ;  provided,  however,  a  member 
of  a  subordinate  Commandery  may  appeal  to  his  Grand  Commandery  if  he  feels 
aggrieved  by  such  assessment,  and  claims  that  it  is  in  violation  of  Templar  law. 

V.       BALLOT. 

1.  To  be  secret.  The  ballot  upon  a  petition  for  the  Orders,  or  for  mem- 
bership, must  be  secret,  and  it  must  be  sacred  ;  and  it  can  be  taken  only  at  a 
stated  Conclave,  unlelss  by  written  permission  of  the  Grand  Commander. 

2.  Who  is  to  vote.  Every  member  present  when  a  ballot  is  taken  is  re- 
quired to  vote,  unless  excused  by  the  Commandery  before  the  balloting  has 
commenced. 

3.  When  it  may  be  repeated.  An  Eminent  Commander,  upon  good 
cause  shown,  may  order  one  reballot  before  the  result  of  the  ballot  has  been 
recorded,  and  before  any  member  of  the  Commandery  has  left  the  asylum. 

Objections  to.     See  title  ''Objection  after  Ballot.'- 

VI.     business. 

Where  and  when  transacted.  All  business  of  the  Commandery  must 
be  transacted  in  the  asylum,  and  at  a  stated  Conclave,  or  at  a  special  Conclave, 
due  notice  of  such  Conclave  and  of  the  business  to  be  transacted  having  been 
^iven  to  each  member  of  the  Commandery.  Arrangements  for  the  funeral  of 
a  Knight  may  be  made  and  the  Orders  may  be  conferred  at  special  Conclave. 

VII.       BURIAL. 

1.  Ritual  for.  When  a  Knight  is  buried  by  his  Commandery  the  burial 
ceremony  approved  by  the  Grand  Encampment  in  1859  must  be  observed. 

2.  Right  of.  An  unaffiliated  Knight  Templar  is  not  entitled  to  the 
honors  of  Knightly  burial. 

3.  When  by  Lodge.  A  Commandery  may  perform  escort  duty  at  the 
burial  of  a  Knight  by  his  Lodge,  when  so  requested. 

VIII.     charter. 

1.  Necessity  of  warrant  of  Grand  Master.  A  Grand  Commandery 
cannot  be  constituted  without  the  warrant  of  the  Grand  Master,  although  the 
Grand  Encampment  has  authorized  its  formation. 

2.  A  subordinate  Commandery  cannot  be  constituted  without  a  duly  exe- 
cuted charter. 

3.  Loss  OF.  If  a  Commandery  should  lose  its  charter,  the  Grand  Com- 
mander can  authorize  it  to  hold  Conclaves  and  transact  business  by  issuing  an 
order  setting  forth  the  facts  ;  which  order  shall  have  the  effect  of  a  charter 
until  a  duplicate  shall  be  issued  by  the  Grand  Commandery. 


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4.  Whkn  it  may  be  surrendered.  No  Commaudeiy  can  surrender  its 
charter  so  long  as  there  are  nine  members  of  the  Command eiy  who  desire  and 
are  able  to  work  under  said  charter,  according  to  the  constitution  of  the  Gi'and 
Commandery. 

5.  When  surrendered  or  arrested,  status  of  members.  When  the 
charter  of  a  Commandery  shall  have  been  surrendered  or  arrested,  the  mem- 
bers thereof  in  good  standing  shall,  upon  payment  of  their  dues  to  the  ( rrand 
Commandery,  be  entitled,  on  proper  application,  to  a  certificate  of  such  good 
standing  from  the  Grand  Recorder  having  charge  of  the  books  and  effects  of 
the  Commandery  ;  provided,  however,  in  case  of  the  arrest  of  the  charter,  the 
Grand  Commander  may  suspend,  and  the  Grand  Commandery  may  prohibit 
the  issuing  of  such  certificates  to  those  whose  actions  or  neglect  of  duty  may 
have  caused  the  airest  of  the  charter. 

6.  Surrendered  and  restored.  A  charter  surrendered  or  arrested  can- 
not be  granted  to  form  a  new  Commandeiy,  Init  may  be  restored  to  tl^  former 
members  in  good  Templar  standing  who  are  unaffiliated. 

7.  In  this  case  it  is  not  proper  to  constitute  the  Commandery  again. 

IX.       COMMANDERIES. 

1.  Requisites  for  forming.  A  dispensation  or  charter  to  form  a  new 
Commandery  cannot  be  granted  except  upon  a  petition  of  at  least  nine  Knights 
Templar  in  good  standing. 

2.  Petitioners  for  a  new  Commandery  need  not  dimit  from  other  Com- 
manderies. 

See  title  ^^ Membership,  Petitions,'''  etc. 

3.  The  ])etition  for  a  dispensation  must  have  indorsed  upon  it  the  lecom- 
mendation  of  the  Commandery  nearest  the  location  designated  for  the  new  one. 

4.  If  the  new  Commandery  is  to  be  stationed  in  a  city  where  there  is  more 
than  one  Commandery,  two  of  those  located  in  such  city  must  recommend  the 
petition. 

See  title  '*  Meetings — wheru  held.^^ 

5.  Traveling  Commanderies.  No  dispensation  or  charter  can  })e  granted 
to  organize  a  traveling  or  itinerant  Commandery. 

6.  Under  dispensation.  A  Commandery  under  dispensation  cannot  be 
constituted. 

7.  Extinct  Commanderies  cannot  be  revived.  When  a  Commandery  U. 
D.  ceases  to  exist  it  cannot  be  revived. 

8.  Officers  of,  not  to  be  elected  or  installed.  Its  officers  cannot 
be  elected  or  installed. 

9.  Cannot  be  represented.     It  cannot  be  represented  in  a  (xrand  Body. 

10.  Jurisdiction  of.  Except  as  above  specified,  it  has  the  same  rights 
and  powers  as  a  chartered  Commandery. 

11.  Status  of  Knights  created  in.  Knights  created  in  a  Commandery 
U.  D.  are  members  thereof,  and  sustain  the  exact  relation  to  that  Com- 
mandery and  to  other  Templars  which  is  sustained  by  those  knighted  in 
chartered  Commanderies. 

12.  How  affected  by  the  formation  of  Grand  Commanderies.  When 
a  Grand  Commandery  is  formed  in   a  jurisdiction  in  which  there  is  a  Com- 


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mandery  U.  D.,  the  latter  comes  at  once  under  the  authority  of  the  former, 
and  should  report  to  it,  and  obtain  from  it  or  its  Grand  Commander  a  contin- 
uance of  its  dispensation. 

13.  How  CREATED.  A  Commandery  is  created  by  the  grant  of  a  charter, 
which  is  the  proper  evidence  of  the  fact,  and  becomes  effective  only  when  the 
Commandery  shall  have  been  constituted  under  it. 

See  title  ^^  Charter — (1.)  Necessity  of  warrant  of  Grand  Master.'" 

14.  No  Commandery  shall  be  constituted  until  it  is  provided  with  a  suit- 
able asylum,  properly  furnished. 

15.  When  constituted,  report  thereof  should  be  made  to  the  Crand  Master 
or  (Irand  Commander  (as  the  case  may  be)  and  the  Grand  Recorder. 

16.  Officers  of — when  to  be  installed.  The  officers  can  only  be  in- 
stalled after  the  Commandery  shall  have  been  duly  constituted  in  the  presence 
of  at  least  nine  of  its  members. 

17.  The  officers  of  a  Commandery  which  has  not  been  constituted  are  not 
members  of  the  Grand  Connnandery,  and  cannot  vote  therein,  although  the 
charter  of  their  Commandery  has  been  issued. 

18.  Duty  when  Grand  Commandery  is  formed.  Upon  the  formation 
of  a  Grand  Commandery,  it  is  the  duty  of  every  subordinate  within  its  juris- 
diction to  enroll  itself  under  such  Grand  Commandery,  have  its  charter  in- 
dorsed thereby,  and  to  obey  its  Constitution  and  Statutes. 

19.  Can  belon(j  to  no  other  Grand  Commandery.  A  subordinate 
Commandery  cannot  be  under  the  authority  of,  or  belong  to,  any  Grand  Com- 
mandery but  the  one  having  jurisdiction  over  the  State,  Territory  or  District 
in  which  it  is  located. 

20.  Failure  to  meet — effect  of.  A  Commandery  failing  to  meet  for 
twelve  consecutive  months  forfeits  all  of  its  rights  as  a  Commandery,  and  its 
charter  should  be  arrested. 

21.  Dissolution  of  a  Crand  Commandery — effect  of.  If  a  Grand 
Commandery  should  dissolve,  its  subordinates  do  not  for  that  cause  cease  to 
exist,  but  pass  at  once  under  the  immediate  authority  of  the  Grand  En- 
campment. 

22.  When  may  appear  in  public.  Commanderies  shall  not  appear  in 
public,  as  such,  without  permission  of  the  Grand  Commander,  except  upon 
funeral  occasions. 

23.  When  Commanderies  appear  in  public,  in  their  own  State  or  out  of  it, 
they  are  under  the  immediate  authority  of  the  Grand  Commander  if  he  chooses 
to  assume  the  command.  If  he  is  not  present,  the  officer  upon  whom  under 
the  Constitution  his  duties  devolve,  may  act  in  his  place.  But  all  are  under 
the  authority  of  the  Grand  Commander  in  whose  jurisdiction  they  may,  at  the 
time,  be. 

Commanderies  illeual.     See  titl^  ''Illegal  (Joininanderies.'^ 
Jurisdiction  of.     See  title  ''Jurisdiction.'' 

24.  How  Conclaves  terminate.  Subordinate  Commanderies  "  close  ;" 
they  do  not  "call  off,"  or  "adjourn." 

See  title  '^Adjourn.'' 

Charter  must  be  present.     See  title  '^Warrant." 

Uniform  of.     See  title  ^^ Uniform.^' 


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X.       CONFER    OKDERS— WHO    CAN. 

In  the  absence  of  the  Eminent  Commander,  the  Generalissimo,  and  in  the 
absence  of  both,  the  Captain  General,  and  in  the  absence  of  all  three,  the  Past 
Commander,  according  to  the  seniority  of  service,  may  preside  and  confer  the 
Orders  of  Kniejhthood.     (As  amended  in  1877.     See  proceedings,  p.  172.) 

COSTUME. 

See  title  "(/«i/b?'m. " 

M.       DEBATE. 

How  CLOSED.  When  the  presiding-  officer  wishes  the  debate  to  close  he 
rises,  and  that  ends  the  discussion. 

XII.      DECISIONS. 

Decisions  of  Grand  Master,  etc.,  to  be  digested.  All  decisions  of  the 
( rrand  Master,  as  approved  or  modified  by  the  Grand  Encampment,  and  all 
decisions  of  the  Grand  Encampment,  to  be  digested  and  published  as  a  Sup- 
plement to  the  Code  of  Statutes.  The  digest  to  be  made  by  a  "  special  com- 
mittee."    (See  proceedings  1877,  pp.  18*2,  186.) 

XIII.       DIMITS. 

How  granted.  A  member  of  a  Commandery  may  receive  a  dimit  without 
a  vote  of  the  Commandery,  at  a  stated  Conclave,  upon  request  made  in  the 
open  Commandery  ;  provided,  his  dues  shall  have  been  paid,  and  no  charges 
are  pending  against  him. 

Effect  of.     See  titles  "  Bank  of  Officers,''  "  BuriaW 

XIV.      ELE(TriONS. 

1.  How  held.     All  elections,  in  all  Templar  bodies,  must  be  by  ballot. 

2.  Blanks  void.  Blanks  are  not  votes,  and  cannot  be  considered  as  such 
in  the  elections  of  officers. 

XV.     eminent  commander. 

1.  How  suspended.  An  Eminent  Commander  may  be  suspended  by  his 
Grand  Commander,  or  the  officer  acting  as  such,  in  his  own  State,  or  out  of  it 
with  his  Commandery  ;  and  this  suspension  continues  until  revoked  by  the 
Grand  Commander,  or  reversed  by  trial.  But  suspension  from  office  does  not 
affect  his  membership  in  his  Commandery. 

2.  Trial  of.  An  Eminent  Commander  cannot  be  tried  by  his  own  Com- 
mandery, but  by  the  Grand  Commandery,  and  by  the  (Irand  Encampment 
where  there  is  no  Grand  Commandery. 

XVI.     extinct   commanderies. 

1.  How  may  become  so.  See  titles  "  Commanderle.s — Failure  to  Meet  : 
Charier — When  Surrendered,''  etc. 

2.  How  revived.     See  title  "  Charter— Surrendered  and  Restored." 

3.  Revived,  not  to  be  constituted.  See  title  ''Charter—Surrendered 
and  Restored." 

4.  Status  of  members  of.  When  a  Commandery  has  ceased  to  exist,  its 
members  may  join  another  Commandery,  upon  petition,  and  certificate  from 


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the  Grand  Recorder  of  the  State  liolding  the  charter  and  papers  of  the  extinct 
Commandery,  that  his  standing  therein  was  good  when  said  Conimandery 
ceased  to  exist. 

5.  Chartek,  when  it  may  be  surrendered.  See  title  '^Charter — When 
it  may  6e,"  etc. 

XVII.       EXPULSION    OR   SUSPENSION. 

1.  By  Commandery — effect  of.  The  suspension  or  expulsion  of  a 
Knight  by  his  Commandery  deprives  him  of  all  the  rights  and  privileges  of 
Knighthood  so  long  as  the  judgment  remains  in  force. 

2.  By  Lodge  or  Chapter.  Expulsion  or  suspension  from  his  Masonic 
rights  by  his  Lodge  or  Chapter,  deprives  a  Knight  of  all  rights  and  privileges 
in  his  Conimandery,  and  of  all  intercourse  with  the  Order. 

3.  In  such  case  a  certificate  of  the  Lodge  or  Chapter,  of  its  action,  must 
be  filed  with  the  Recorder  of  the  Commandery,  and  a  minute  should  be  made 
of  the  reception  of  such  certificate,  and  of  its  legal  efifect,  to- wit :  that  the 
Knight  is  thereby  divested  of  his  knightly  rank  and  of  all  its  privileges. 

4.  The  certificate  from  the  Lodge  or  Chapter  must  show  not  only  the  fact 
of  suspension  or  expulsion,  but  also  that  the  body  had  jurisdiction. 

5.  If  a  certificate  of  the  facts  cannot  be  obtained  from  the  Secretary  of 
the  Lodge  or  Chapter,  they  may  be  proved  by  oral  testimony  ;  and  the  same 
entry  should  be  made  as  required  in  paragraph  3. 

6.  When  the  expulsion  or  suspension  is  made  or  confirmed  by  the  Grand 
Lodge  or  Grand  Chapter,  as  the  case  may  be,  the  Commandeiy  cannot  go  be- 
hind the  record  or  adjudicate  upon  the  question  of  jurisdiction. 

7.  How  removed,  a  Knight  who  has  been  expelled  by  liis  Commandery 
may  be  restored  by  a  two-thii'ds  vote  to  good  standing. 

8.  If  suspended  by  his  Commandery,  a  majority  vote  will  restore  to  good 
standing. 

9.  In  either  case  of  suspension  or  expulsion  by  his  Commandery  the 
Knight  can  be  restored  to  membership  only  upon  petition  and  unanimous 
ballot. 

10.  W^heii  the  suspension  or  expulsion  from  the  Commandery  was  the 
result  of  suspension  or  expulsion  by  Lodge  or  Chapter,  a  certificate  of  his 
restoration  in  the  body  which  disciplined  him  will  restore  the  Knight  to  good 
standing  and  membership. 

11.  In  case  of  definite  suspension,  the  restoration  of  the  Knight  to  his 
Lodge  or  Chapter  restores  him  to  knightly  standing.* 

xviii.     fees. 
Cannot  be  remitted.     The  prescribed  fees  for  the  Orders  of  Knighthood 
cannot  be  remitted  by  a  Commandery,  directly  or  indirectly. 

XIX.     foreign  knights. 

Not  Red  Cross.  A  Knight  Templar  created  in  a  foreign  jurisdiction,  and 
who  has  not  received  the  Order  of  Red  Cross,  may,  at  his  examination,  take 
the  vow  and  have  that  Order  communicated  to  him,  and  thereafter  may  be 
admitted  to  the  asylum. 

Foreign  Representatives.     See  title  '^Representatives^''  etc. 

*  Note— See  Digest,  •*  Expulsion  and  Suspension." 


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XX.       GRAND    COMMANDERIES. 

1.  How  FORMED.  A  Grand  Commandery  can  be  formed  only  in  a  State, 
Territory  or  District  where  none  exists,  and  only  upon  tlie  petition  of  at  least 

♦  three  chartered  Commanderies. 

2.  The  warrant  of  the  Grand  Master  is  necessary,  although  the  Grand 
Encampment  may  have  authorized  a  warrant  to  be  issued. 

3.  Each  subordinate  Commandery  must  l)e  represented,  and  there  must 
be  at  least  nine  members  present. 

4.  When  a  warrant  is  duly  issued,  a  convocation  of  the  representatives  of 
at  least  three  of  the  petitioning  Commanderies  is  held  ;  the  warrant  of  the 
Grand  Master  is  read  ;  credentials  are  examined  and  approved  ;  a  resolution 
is  adopted  agreeing  to  form  a  Grand  Conmiandery  ;  a  Code  of  Statutes  is 
adopted,  and  officers  are  elected  and  installed.  All  of  these  proceedings  must 
be  entered  upon  the  journal,  and  due  report  thereof  made  to  the  Grand  Master 
and  Grand  Recorder  of  the  Grand  Encampment. 

5.  The  Commanderies  rank  according  to  the  dates  of  their  Charters  ;  and 
the  Eminent  Commander  of  the  oldest  Connnandery  is,  by  courtesy,  en- 
titled to  command  or  preside  until  a  Grand  Commander  is  elected  and  installed. 

6.  When  Grand  Commandery  ceases  to  exist.  A  Grand  Commandery 
once  formed  continues  to  exist  as  long  as  it  has  nine  members  ;  when  the  num- 
ber of  its  constitutional  members  becomes  less  than  nine  it  becomes  extinct. 

XXI.     healing. 

1.  Healing  consists  in  re-obligating  the  Knight,  and  correcting  what  has 
been  done  amiss  at  his  creation. 

2.  By  whom.  The  Grand  Commandery  or  Grand  Commander,  (by  its 
authority)  in  whose  jurisdiction  a  Kniglit  was  irregularly  created,  has  power 
to  heal  him. 

.3.  This  power  may  be  delegated  to  a  subordinate  Commandery  or  an  Em- 
inent Commander. 

4.  W^ho  cannot  be  healed.  One  Knighted  in  a  clandestine  manner  or  in 
a  spurious  Commandery  cannot  be  healed. 

HONORARY   MEMBERS. 

See  title  ' '  Mem  hersliip — Hono7'ary. " 

XXII.      ILLEGAL   COMMANDERIES. 

Without  Dispensation  or  Charter.  All  Commanderies  or  pretended 
Commanderies  are  spurious  unless  held  under  a  Dispensation  or  Charter  as 
herein  prescribed  ;  and  all  communication  with  such  bodies  is  forbidden,  and 
also  all  recognition  and  intercourse  with  their  members  as  Knights. 

xxiii.     information. 

How  OBTAINED.  Kuights  desiring  information  relative  to  any  point  in  law 
or  usage  of  Templar  Masonry,  should  apply  to  their  Eminent  Commander  ;  the 
Eminent  Commander,  if  necessary,  shall  apply  to  his  Grand  Commander,  and 
the  Grand  Commander,  in  turn,  to  the  Grand  Master. 


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XXIV.       INSTALL   OFFICERS. 

1.  Of  Grand  Encampment— who  may.  The  officers  of  the  Grand  En- 
campment may  be  installed  by  the  Grand  Master,  or  by  a  Past  Grand  Master. 
If  none  such  are  present,  then  by  the  oldest  Past  Grand  Commander  (by  ser- 
vice) who  may  be  present. 

2.  Of  Grand  Commander y.  The  officers  of  a  Grand  Commandery  may 
be  installed  by  either  of  the  first  four  officers  of  the  Grand  Encampment,  by  a 
Past  Grand  Master,  by  the  Grand  Commander,  or  by  a  Past  Grand  Com- 
mander. If  none  such  are  present,  then  by  the  oldest  Past  Eminent  Com- 
mander (by  service)  who  may  be  present. 

3.  Of  a  Subordinate  CoMMANDfcRY.  The  officers  of  a  subordinate  Com- 
mandery may  be  installed  by  any  permanent  member  of  the  Grand  Encamp- 
ment, by  either  of  the  first  four  officers  of  the  Grand  Commandery,  by  the 
Eminent  Commander,  or  by  a  Past  Eminent  Commander.  The  ceremony  used 
in  such  case  shall  be  that  prescribed  by  the  Grand  Encampment  in  the  "Forms 
for  Installation."     [As  amended  1877.     See  Supplement.  J 

4.  When  to  be.  The  officers  of  a  new  Commandery  cannot  be  installed 
at  the  Conclave  of  the  Grand  Commandery  at  which  the  Charter  is  granted, 
unless  the  Commandery  shall  have  first  been  legally  constituted,  and  such 
officers  shall  have  been  duly  elected. 

5.  When  installation  is  performed  by  one  in  office,  no  special  authority  is 
re({uired. 

6.  When  by  proxy.  When  by  a  past  officer,  the  commanding  officer 
must  be  present  authorizing  it,  or  his  written  proxy  must  be  produced. 

7.  The  officers  to  be  installed  cannot  be  represented  by  a  proxj^ 
Officers  U.  D.  not  to  be.    See  title  " Comma7ide7'ies  Under  Disperisation.'' 

8.  When  by  commission.  Officers-elect  of  the  Grand  Encampment,  or  of 
a  Grand  Commandery,  who  cannot  be  present  at  the  regular  time  for  installa- 
tion, may  be  installed  in  such  Commandery  as  the  Grand  Encampment  or 
Grand  Commandery  respectively  may  designate. 

9.  The  Recorder  of  the  Commandery  in  which  such  installation  shall  take 
place  shall  forthwith  certify  the  fact  to  the  Grand  Kecorder. 

XXV.     jurisdiction. 

1.  Boundaries  of.  In  the  absence  of  a  Sta1;ute  of  the  proper  Grand 
Commandery,  or  of  a  Special  Edict  of  the  Grand  Encampment,  defining  the 
limits  of  each  Commandery,  the  jurisdiction  thereof,  whether  chartered  or 
under  dispensation,  extends  in  all  directions  to  one-half  the  distance,  by  a 
direct  line,  between  itself  and  the  next  nearest  Commandery:  Provided,  that  in 
no  case  can  it  extend  beyond  the  limits  of  the  State,  Territory  or  District  in 
which  it  is  located. 

2.  Each  Commandery  has  penal  jurisdiction  over  all  Knights  non-affiliated, 
as  well  as  affiliated,  for  violation  of  moral  or  Templar  law  within  its  territorial 
jurisdiction. 

3.  Violation  of.  It  is  not  lawful  for  a  Commandery  to  confer  the  Orders 
upon  any  one  residing  within  the  jurisdiction  of  another  Commandery,  without 
first  obtaining  the  permission  of  such  Commander5\ 


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4.  Over  sojourners.  When  a  petition  for  the  Orders  is  received  from  a 
sojourner,  or  from  one  \Vho  has  not  resided  for  six  months  within  the  juris- 
diction of  the  Commandery,  it  is  the  duty  of  the  Commandery  receiving  it  to 
notify  the  Commandery  within  whose  jurisdiction  the  petitioner  resided,  and 
obtain  its  consent  that  jurisdiction  shall  be  exercised  over  the  petition  of  the 
petitioner. 

5.  It  shall  be  competent,  in  such  cases,  for  a  Commandery  to  waive  its 
jurisdiction,  and  permit  another  Commandery  to  confer  the  Orders  upon  one 
residing  within  its  jurisdiction* 

XXVI.       MEETINGS. 

1.  Where  held.  A  Commandery  can  hold  its  Conclaves  only  in  the 
place  designated  in  its  Dispensation  or  Charter. 

2.  A  Commandery  may  remove  its  asylum  from  one  house  to  another  in 
the  same  place,  by  a  vote  of  a  majority  of  its  members  present  at  a  stated 
Conclave,  and  after  due  notice  of  the  proposed  change. 

3.  If  the  regular  asylum  of  a  Commandery,  from  any  cause,  becomes  an 
unfit  or  improper  place  for  holding  th6  Conclaves,  the  Grand  Commander  may 
authorize  them  to  be  held  elsewhere  in  the  same  place. 

Failure  of.     See  title  ''  CommandeYks — Failure  to  Meet.^^ 

XXVII.     membership. 

1.  Who  are  members  of  a  Commandery.  Those  who  receive  the  Order 
of  the  Temple  in  a  Commandery  are  ipso  facto  members  thereof,  whether  such 
Commandery  be  chartered  or  under  dispensation. 

2.  Petitioners  for  a  new  Commandery— status  of.  After  a  Dispensa- 
tion is  granted  to  form  a  new  Commandery  the  membership  of  the  Knights 
who  petitioned  therefor  remains  in  abeyance  as  to  the  older  Commanderies  to 
which  they  belonged  when  signing  the  petition.  They  become  active  mem- 
bers of  the  Commandery  while  under  dispensation,  and  when  a  Charter  is 
granted,  and  the  Commandery  constituted,  they  continue  to  be  members  of 
the  nesv  Commandery,  and  cease  to  be  members  of  the  old  ones. 

3.  If  the  Dispensation  should  be  withdrawn^  or  a  Charter  refused,  the 
Knights  who  petitioned  therefor  resume  their  membership  in  their  former 
Commanderies  without  petition  or  other  ceremony. 

4.  When  a  Charter  is  granted,  and  the  Commandery  constituted,  the  Re- 
corder of  the  new  Commandery  must  certify  the  fact  to  each  Commandery  to 
which  any  of  the  petitioning  Knights  belonged,  and  this  v/ill  terminate  their 
former  affiliation. 

5.  Honorary.  Honorary  membership  does  not  confer  the  right  to  vote, 
nor  any  rank  or  standing  therein,  but  is  merely  complimentary. 

XXVIII.      OFFICERS. 

1.  Incompatible.  When  any  one  of  the  first  three  officers  of  a  Com- 
mandery shall  be  elected  and  installed  as  Grand  Master  or  Grand  Commander, 
his  rights  and  powers  as  such  subordinate  officer,  for  the  time  being,  ipso  facto, 
ceases,  and  the  vacancy  shall  be  tilled  as  hereinafter  provided  for.  (See  pro- 
ceedings 1877,  p.  174.) 


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2.  Succession  of.  When  a  vancy  occurs  in  the  office  of  Eminent  Com- 
mander, the  powers  and  duties  devolve  upon  the  Generalissimo,  and  if  there 
should  be  no  Generalissimo,  upon  the  Captain  General. 

3.  When  there  is  no  officer  in  line  to  fill  a  vacancy,  the  commanding  officer 
shall,  by  appointment,  till  the  vacancy  pro  tein. 

4.  If  a  vacancy  occur  in  any  elective  office  other  than  that  of  Eminent 
Commander,  the  Grand  Commander  may  authorize  a  new  election,  upon  re-  * 
request  to  that  effect  by  the  Commandery  :  Provided,  however,  in  case  of  a 
vacancy  in  both  the  offices  of  Eminent  Commander  and  Generalissimo,  the 
Captain  General  shall  succeed  to  the  duties  and  powers  of  the  Eminent  Com- 
mander, without  an  election. 

5.  When  the  vacancy  is  in  one  of  the  appointive  offices,  it  shall  be  tilled 
by  appointment  by  the  commanding  officer. 

6.  Failure  to  be  installed.  If  any  officer  duly  elected  or  appointed 
shall,  without  reasonable  excuse,  neglect  to  attend  at  the  time  fixed  for  install- 
ation, hi«  election  or  appointment  may  be  declared  void  by  a  vote  of  the  body 
which  elected  him,  or  by  the  officer  who  appointed  him. 

7.  Change  of  residence,'  effect  of.  Whenever  a  Grand  Commander  or 
an  Eminent  Commander  changes  his  residence  to  a  place  beyond  the  jurisdic- 
tion of  his  (4rand  Commandery,  he  thereby  vacates  his  office,  and  can  exercise 
its  powers  no  longer. 

Rank  of.     See  title  ''Bank — 0/  Officers.'^ 
Who  may  resign.     See  title  "Besk/n/' 

XXIX.     objection  after  ballot. 

1.  Who  tmay  make.  A  member  of  a  Commandery  in  good  standing  may 
object  to  the  conferring  of  the  Orders  upon  an  elected  candidate,  and  this 
whether  the  objecting  Knight  was  present  when  the  ballot  was  taken  or  not. 

2.  When  such  objection  is  made,  either  in  open  Commandery  or  to  the 
Eminent  Commander,  the  Orders  cannot  be  conferrred  ;  and  the  fact  of  objec- 
tion alone,  and  not  the  name  of  the  objector,  should  be  entered  upon  the  min- 
utes, and  it  is  equivalent  to  the  rejection  of  the  candidate  by  ballot. 

3.  The  objecting  Knight  cannot  be  required  to  disclose  his  reasons  there- 
for. 

4.  Of  VISITING  Knights.  Objections  to  a  candidate  may  be  received 
from  a  visiting  Knight,  and  should  be  duly  considered  by  the  Commandery; 
but  they  are  not  conclusive,  like  those  of  a  member. 

XXX.       PETITION    FOR   ORDERS. 

1 .  Form  of.  Every  petition  for  the  Orders  of  Knighthood  shall  declare 
the  Lodge  and  Chapter  in  which  the  petitioner  received  the  degrees,  and  shall 
state  whether  he  has  or  has  not  been  previously  rejected  by  any  Commandery. 

2.  It  shall  also  declare  that  the  petitioner  is  a  firm  believer  in  the  Chris- 
tian religion. 

3.  Must  be  signed.  No  petition  can  be  received  unless  signed  by  the 
applicant  in  person,  giving  his  full  name,  residence  and  occupation. 

4.  But  one  applicant  to  sign  a  petition.  No  petition  can  be  received 
which  is  signed  by  more  than  one  applicant. 


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5.  To  r.K  Ki:('(>MMKM>Ki).  IvK'li  petition  must  l)c  signed  by  two  vouchers 
and  reconiinenders,  who  are  iueiid)ers  of  the  Commaiidery  to  which  the  peti- 
tion is  presented, 

()'.  (\\NN'>r  r.i:  w  rrii  kkawn.  ^Vhen  a  petition  has  been  presented  to  a 
Conmiandery  it  cannot  be  withdrawn,  unless  it  shall  appear  that  the  Coni- 
niandery  has  not  jurisdiction  over  the  petitioner. 

7.  Report  not  to  3}E  re(K)RDED.  The  character  of  the  report  of  a  com- 
mittee of  inquiry,  whether  favorable  or  unfavorable,  should  never  be  recorded. 

8.  Unfavorable  report,  effect  of.  An  unfavoralde  report  does  not 
dispense  with  the  necessity  of  a  ballot,  which  must  be  taken  in  all  cases. 

9.  When  to  be  received  and  acted  on.  Petitions  can  l)e  received  or 
acted  on  only  at  stated  Conclaves,  unless  l)y  written  permission  of  the  Grand 
Commander. 

10.  No  ballot  can  be  had  upon  a  petition  until  after  it  has  been  referred 
to  a  committee  of  three  members  of  the  Commandery,  and  that  committee  has 
reported, 

11.  A  petition  cannot  be  balloted  on  until  at  Icaist  four  weeks  after  it  has 
been  presented  to  the  Commandery,  iinlesj^  by  written  permission  of  the  Grand 
Commander. 

See  title  ^^ Ballot — to  be  Secret.''' 

12.  When  a  rejected  petttion  may  Bt:  renewed.  The  petition  of  one 
who  has  been  rejected  cannot  be  renewed  until  at  least  six  months  after  such 
rejection. 

13.  Where.  It  may  then  be  received  by  the  Commandery  in  whose 
jurisdiction  the  petitioner  then  resides  :  Proolded,  the  Commandery  l)y  which 
he  was  rejected  consents  to  waive  its  jurisdiction. 

Prelate  in  Red  Cross.     See  title  "  h'ed  Cross — High  Priest.'' 

XXXI.       PROXY. 

In  Grand  Bodies.  No  person  can  give  or  act  as  proxy  except  those  upon 
whom  the  power  is  conferred  in  the  Constitution. 

Officers  cannot  be  installed  by.  See  title  ''Install  Officers — vj/ien  by 
proxij. " 

Installing  officer  may  grant,  when.  See  title  ''Install  Officers — lolitn 
by  coniinlsslon. " 

XXXII.       QUALIFICATION    FOR    ORDERS. 

What  required.     See  title  "  Petition  for  Orders— form  of.''' 

1.  Council  Decrees,  etc.,  not  necessary.  It  is  not  necessary  that 
petitioners  should  have  received  the  degrees  of  Royal  and  Select  Master. 

2.  Nor  is  it  necessary  that  the  petitioner  be  a  member  of  either  Lodge  or 
Chapter. 

3.  Loss  OF  A  LEG,  ETC.,  EFFECT  OF.  The  loss  of  a  leg  or  arm  by  a  peti- 
tioner disqualifies  him  from  receiving  the  Orders  of  Knighthood. 

XXXIII.       QUORUM. 

What  coustitutes.  A  quorum  in  the  Grand  Encampment,  Grand  Corn- 
manderies  and  subordinate  Commanderies,  consists  of  nine  members  entitled 
to  vote  therein,  including  an  officer  entitled  to  open  the  body. 


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XXXIV.  RANK. 

1.  Ob  Commandekies,  Grand  and  Subordinate.  Commanderies,  Grand 
and  sul)ordinate,  take  rank  according  to  the  date  of  their  several  organizations, 
unless  any  of  them  voluntarily  waive  their  proper  rank. 

2.  Of  Officers.  Election  (or  appointment)  and  installation  are  neces&ai  y 
to  confer  rank. 

3.  The  Standard  Bearer  outranks  the  Sword  Bearer,  and  the  Sword 
Bearer  outranks  the  Warder,  and  the  Treasurer  outranks  the  Recorder. 

4.  Present  officers  on  duty  in  their  own  bodies  outrank  past  officers  of 
any  grade. 

5.  A  Knight  dimitting  to  the  jurisdiction  of  another  Grand  Commandery 
forfeits  his  membership  and  right  to  voice  and  vote  in  the  Grand  and  subor- 
dinate Commandery  of  which  he  had  been  a  member,  and  acquires  no  rank  in 
the  Grand  Commandery  of  the  jurisdiction  in  which  he  has  affiliated,  but  "  a 
Past  Commander  may  be  elected  to  membership  therein." 

6.  But  Past  Grand  Commanders  do  not  lose  their  membership  in  the 
Grand  Encampment  by  change  of  membership  to  another  jurisdiction,  nor  by 
becoming  unaffiliated. 

7.  Honorary  membership.     Honorary  membership  confers  no  rank. 

XXXV.  RESIGN. 

1.  Who  may  rj^sign.  Any  officer  of  a  Commandery  under  dispensation 
may  resign,  with  the  consent  of  the  Grand  Master  or  Grand  Commander,  re- 
spectively. 

2.  Neither  of  the  first  three  officers  of  a  chartered  Commandery  can  resign 
after  installation. 

Repeating  the  ballot.     See  title  ''Ballot — ivhen  It  may  he  repeated.''^ 

XXXVI.       RED     cross. 

From  foreign  countries.     See  title  ''Foreign  Knhjhts.'' 
High  Priest,  not  Prelate.     In  the  Council  of  Red  Cross  Knights  "High 
Priest "  is  the  title  of  the  officer  ministering  at  the  altar. 

Revival  of  old  charter.     See  title  "Charter —Surrendered  and  Rentored.'^ 

xxxvii.     representatives. 

Forekjn,  not  to  be  appointed  by  Grand  Commanderies.  Grand  Com- 
manderies cannot  exchange  representatives  with  Templar  organizations  outside 
of  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Grand  Encampment  of  the  United  States. 

XXXVIII.       RITUAL. 

Not  TO  BE  ALTERED.  The  ritual  as  promulgated  by  the  Grand  Encamp- 
ment cannot  be  altered  or  abridged  l)y  the  Grand  Master,  (xiand  Commander, 
or  Grand  Commandery. 

Burial.     See  title  "/??rWa7 — Ritual  for. ''^ 

For  installation.  See  title  "Install  Officers,''  etc.,  and  forms  adopted 
by  the  Grand  Encampment. 

XXXIX.       SEAL. 

Form  of,  adopted.  The  seal  of  the  Grand  Encampment  is  that  adopted 
September  12,  1844  (see  reprint,  p.  95),  and  altered  September  15,  1856  (re- 


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print,  p.  311),  and  affixed  to  the  Constitution,  edition  1856,  and  Attestation, 
1877. 

XL.       SUMMONS. 

1.  What  is  legal.  A  notice  published  in  the  newspapers  is  not  a  legal 
summons  ;  it  must  be  by  personal  service,  or  by  notice  left  at  the  residence  or 
place  of  business  of  the  person  summoned,  or  deposited  in  the  post  office, 
directed  to  his  usual  address. 

2.  Seal  necessary.  It  is  necessary  that  the  seal  should  be  affixed  to  a 
summons,  but  not  to  a  notice  of  a  Conclave. 

3.  Knights  should  obey.  Every  Knight  should  promptly  and  strictly 
obey  the  summons  of  his  Commander. 

4.  Contain  notice,  etc.  All  propositions  to  amend  Code,  etc.,  must  be 
inserted  in  the  summons  to  attend  Triennial  Conclave. 

Suspension.     See  title  ^' Expulsion  or  Suspension.'^ 

XLI.       TITLE. 

What  constitutes.  One  who  has  tilled  by  election  and  a  term  of  service 
an  elective  office  retains  the  rank  and  title,  with  the  word  "  Past"  prefixed — as 
Past  Eminent  Commander,  Past  (J rand  Commander,  Past  Grand  Master. 

Of  Prelate.     See  title  ""Red  Cross— High  FrksC 

XLII.       TRIAL. 

1.  How  CONDUCTED.  Trials  of  Sir  Knights  shall  be  in  oj)en  Commandery; 
and  the  Eminent  Commander  shall  preside,  and  decide  all  questions  of  law 
and  all  questions  upon  the  admissibility  of  evidence.  And  the  trial  shall  be 
conducted  as  prescribed  in  the  "  Forms  for  Templar  Trials,"  enacted  and  pro- 
mulgated by  the  Grand  Encamjjment. 

2.  W^hen  a  trial  takes  place  in  the  Grand  Commandery,  the  Grand  Com- 
mander shall  preside  ;  when  in  the  Grand  Encampment,  the  Grand  Master 
shall  preside. 

See  titles  '"'Appeal — How  heard  ;""'  ^'Eminent  Commander  -Trial  oj."*' 

XLIII.       UNAFFILIATED     KNIGHTS. 

Cannot  vote.  Unaffiliated  Knights  cannot  vote  in  person  or  as  proxy,  or 
hold  office  in  any  Commandery,  Grand  or  subordinate.  They  are,  however, 
amenable  for  violation  of  moral  or  Templar  law  to  the  Commandery  within 
whose  jurisdiction  they  reside. 

Effect  of  dimit.  See  titles  '' Burial —Birjht  of;"  '' Rank— Of  Officers ;'' 
^'Dimit — Effect  of ."' 

Cannot  have  Knightly  burial.     See  title  ''Burial — Right  o/." 

XLiv.     uniform. 

1.  Of  Knkuits  Templak.  The  uniform  of  a  Knight  Templar  is  that  pre- 
scribed by  the  Gra»ul  Encampment  in  1862.  No  other  uniform  is  allowed,  and 
no  authority  other  than  the  Grand  Encampment  cin  modify  or  alter  it. 

2.  Provided,  however,  that  all  members  of  Commanderies  which  now  have 
what  is  known  as  the  "  black  uniform"  be  permitted  to  wear  it  while  members 
of  said  Commandery  ;  but  no  other  Commandery,  nor  the  members  thereof, 


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shall  be  authorized  or  permitted  to  wear  any  other  than  the  regulation  pre- 
scribed in  1862. 

3.  Provided,  further,  that  any  Commandery  in  a  State  where  the  black 
uniform  is  worn  may,  by  permission  of  its  Grand  Commandery,  adopt  and 
wear  such  black  uniform. 

4.  No  officer  or  member  can  be  present  in  the  Grand  Encampment,  or  in 
a  Grand  Commandery,  unless  in  full  Templar  uniform,  except  by  vote  of  the 
body  excusing  him. 

5.  Of  Knights  of  the  Rkd  Cross.  The  Templar  baldric  reversed,  ex- 
hibiting the  green  side ;  Templar  cap  covered  ;  sword,  and  white  gloves  ;  con- 
stitute the  uniform  of  a  Red  Cross  Knight.  The  Sovereign  Master  wears  the 
royal  robes  and  crown,  and  the  High  Priest  his  full  robes,  etc. 

Of  Knights  of  Malta.     Same  as  Knights  Templar. 

Under  dispensation — Commandery.  See  title  ^^ Commander ie a — Under 
Dispensation.^^ 

Vacancies— HOW  filled.     See  title  '-^Officers — Succession  o/*." 

XLV.     visiting   knights. 

Objection  of  a  member  excludes.  No  visiting  Knight  can  be  admitted 
to  an  asylum  if  one  only  of  the  regular  members  present  objects.  The  objection 
may  be  made  openly  or  privately  to  the  Eminent  Commander,  and  in  neither 
case  can  the  objector  be  required  to  disclose  his  reasons  for  his  objection. 

XLVi.     warrant  or  dispensation. 

Must  be  present.  The  dispensation  or  charter  of  a  Commandery  must 
always  be  present  at  the  opening  and  throughout  the  Conclave. 


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SUPPLEMENT  TO  THE  CODE  OF  STATUTES 

OR 

DIGEST    OF   TEMPLAR   LAW 

OF   THE 

-)!  GRAND  ENCAMPMENT  DF  KNIEHTS  TEMPLAR  |f 

OF   THE 

UNITED  STATES  OF  AMERICA. 

CONTAININO   A    DIGEST  OF  THE   DECISIONS  OF   THE   CoN(^I.AVES  OF  A.  D.,  1H74,  1877,  1880  AND 

1883,  MADE  BY  Sir  Knight  JOSIAH  H.  DRUMMOND,  Maine,  the  Special  Committee. 


ADVANCEMENT. 

See  Ohjfcflon  after  Ballot,  92,  92a. 

AMENDMENTS. 

1.  Proposed  amendments  to  the  Constitution  or  Code,  of  which  notice  is 
given  in  the  summons,  may  be  acted  upon  by  the  Grand  Encampment  in  the 
absence  of  the  proposer.  1877. 

APPEAL. 

la.  The  appeal  of  a  Sir  Knight  from  the  action  of  the  Eminent  Commander 
of  his  Commandery,  although  in  the  pursuance  of  an  order  of  tlie  Grand  Com- 
mander, lies  to  the  Grand  Commandery,  and  not  to  the  Grand  Master.     1883. 

ASSESSMENTS. 

2.  An  assessment  for  social  entertainments  cannot  be  enforced  against  one 
not  participating.  1874. 

BALLOT. 

3.  After  a  candidate  has  been  declared  rejected  and  the  fact  recorded,  the 
ballot  cannot  be  repeated,  even  to  correct  an  alleged  mistake.  1880. 

4.  A  ballot  cannot  be  taken  upon  a  petition  at  the  same  Conclave  at  which 
it  is  presented,  without  a  dispensation  from  the  Grand  Commander,  even  by  a 
unanimous  vote  of  the  Commandery.  1880. 

4a.  In  Commanderies  under  the  immediate  jurisdiction  of  the  Grand  En- 
campment, the  Grand  Master  may,  by  dispensation,  authorize  the  reception  of 
a  new  petition  from  a  rejected  candidate  within  less  than  six  months  after  the 
rejection  ;  and  is  the  exclusive  judge  of  the  propriety  of  granting  such  dispen- 
sation. 1883. 
See  Petitions,  97,  99. 


GRAND   ENCAMPMENT   OF   THE   UNITED   STATES.  33 

BOOKS  OF  THK  GRAND  TREASFRER  AND  GRAND  RECORDER. 

5.  The  books  of  the  Grand  Treasurer  and  Grand  Recorder  shall  be  sub- 
mitted, at  each  Conclave,  for  the  inspection  of  the  Finance  Committee.     1877. 

BY-LAWS. 

G.  A  by-law  fixing  annual  dues  and  providing  that  members  in  arrears  for 
two  years  shall  be  ineligible  to  office  and  not  entitled  to  vote,  and  that  their 
names  may  be  dropped  from  the  rolls  subject  to  be  reinstated  on  payment  of 
arrearages  by  a  majority  vote,  is  valid.  1874. 

7.  But  a  member  should  be  disfranchised  only  after  due  trial,  and  the  by- 
laws should  make  provision  therefor.  1877. 

8.  A  by-law  providing  that  a  member,  upon  the  payment  of  a  fixed  sum 
of  money,  may  become  a  life  member  and  thereafter  be  exempt  from  annual 
dues,  is  valid.  1880. 

9.  A  by-law  requiring  a  Red  Cross  Knight  to  equip  himself  with  a  uniform 
before  he  can  receive  the  Order  of  the  Temple  is  valid.  1880. 

CHARTER. 

10.  The  Eminent  Commander,  and  no  other,  is  the  legal  custodian  of  the 
charter  of  the  Commandery.  1880. 

CHRISTIAN   KNIGHTHOOD. 

lOa.  The  ritual  contains  those  things  which  a  Knight  obligates  himself  to 
believe  and  perform.  The  Grand  Master  has  no  authority  to  give  additional 
definitions.  1883. 

COMMANDERY. 

11.  The  funds  and  property  of  an  extinct  Commandery  become  the  prop- 
erty of  the  Grand  Commandery,  which  may  make  such  disposition  thereof  as 
it  deems  proper.  1877. 

12.  It  is  improper  for  a  Commandery  to  **  call  off"  from  one  Conclave  to 
another  ;  but  it  may  close  to  meet  on  another  day  to  finish  business  that  is 
pending.  1874. 

1,3.  A  Commandery  "  of  the  indispensable  number  "  may  be  authorized  by 
a  Grand  Commander  or  Grand  Commandery,  as  well  as  by  the  Grand  Master 
or  Grand  Encampment.  1874. 

14.  A  Commandery  requires  no  dispensation  or  permission  to  change  to  a 
"  mounted  Commandery. "  1880. 

15.  Affiliated  Sir  Knights,  petitioning  for  a  new  Commandery,  are  not  re- 
quired to  file  their  dimits  with  the  Grand  Recorder ;  but  non-affiliated  peti- 
tioners must  do  so.  1880. 

15a.  A  Commandery  cannot  confer  the  Orders  upon  a  candidate  elected 
by  another  Commandery,  at  the  request  of  such  other  Commandery,  without 
a  dispensation.  1883. 

See  Grand  Commandery,  69. 

COMMANDERIES   U.  D. 

16.  The  provision  requiring  the  recommendation  of  the  nearest  Com- 
mandery in  order  to  form  a  new  one  does  not  apply  to  dispensations  granted 
by  the  Grand  Master,  who  has  absolute  power  in  the  premises.  1874. 


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17.  A  CommanderyU.  D.  reciuires  no  formal  proceedings  in  order  to  com- 
mence work.     The  members  assemble  and  proceed  as  if  regularly  constituted. 

1877. 

18.  Their  officers  ordinarily  hold  office  during  the  continuance  of  the  dis- 
pensation ;  but  the  Grand  Master  [or  Grand  Commander]  has  the  power  to 
relieve  an  officer  and  appoint  another.  1874. 

19.  Such  dues  may  be  collected  from  the  members  as  the  majority  of  the 
Commandery  may  determine.  1874. 

20.  Any  signer  of  the  petition  for  a  dispensation,  by  consent  of  the  officer 
granting  the  same,  and  of  the  Commandery,  may  dissolve  his  connection  with 
it ;  and,  thereupon,  his  membership  i-evives  in  .his  old  Commandery.     1874. 

21.  The  petitioners  for  a  dispensation  become  charter  members  unless  they 
have  severed  their  connection  with  the  Commandery  U.  D.  [or  their  names  are 
omitted  from  the  charter  by  action  of  the  Grand  Commandery].  1877. 

22.  It  is  not  proper  to  name  the  officers  in  the  charter  of  a  new  Com- 
mandery. 1874. 

23.  It  can  be  constituted  only  by  the  Grand  Master,  or  the  Grand  Com- 
mander, or  his  duly  appointed  proxy.  1874. 

24.  It  cannot  elect  officers  until  it  has  been  constituted  ;  to  save  time, 
however,  at  the  constitution  of  the  Commandery,  it  is  not  improper  to  agree 
upon  the  officers  in  advance,  and  have  a  merely  formal  election  at  that  time. 

See  Dispensation,  ^7 a;  Quorum,  108a;  Dues,  40rt.  1874. 

COMMITTEES    (STANDIN(j)    APPPOTNTED    IN    ADVANCE. 

25.  The  Grand  Masttr  is  authorized  to  appoint  the  Committee  on  Tem- 
plar Jurisprudence  at  each  Conclave,  to  act  during  the  recess  and  at  the  suc- 
ceeding Conclave.  1877. 

26.  And  the  remaining  of  the  standing  committees  sixty  days  previously  to 
each  Conclave,  notifying  the  Grand  Recorder  of  said  appointments.        1877. 

27.  The  decisions  of  the  Grand  Master  shall  be  referred  to  the  Committee 
on  Jurisprudence.  1877. 

28.  The  Grand  Recorder  shall  place  the  financial  and  all  other  reports  and 
official  papers  in  the  hands  of  the  chairman  of  the  proper  committee  [under 
the  direction  of  the  Grand  Master]  thirty  days  previous  to  the  Conclave. 

1877. 

29.  The  several  committees  so  appointed  shall  have  their  reports  ready  for 
submission  to  the  Grand  Encampment  the  first  day  of  its  Conclave.        1877. 

COMPLAINTS. 

30.  Complaints  should  be  made  in  the  first  instance  to  the  Eminent  Com- 
mander, and  through  him  to  the  Grand  Commander,  and  through  him  to  the 
Grand  Master,  if  the  latter  has  any  jurisdiction  in  the  case.  Other  communi- 
cations should  go  through  the  same  channel,  save  in  special  cases,  when  the 
officer  refuses  to  act.  1874. 

CORPvESPONDENCE. 

31.  It  is  proper  for  the  Grand  Master  to  correspond  through  one  of  his 
staff  with  a  Grand  Commander.  1877. 

32.  Correspondence  between  subordinates  of  different  Grand  Commanderies 
should  be  forwarded  through  their  respective  Grand  Commanders.  1877. 


GRAND   ENCAMPMENT    OF   THE   UNITED    STATES.  35 

32a.  Correspondence  between  a  Commandery  under  the  immediate  juris- 
diction of  the  Grand  Encampment  and  a  subordinate  to  a  Grand  Commandery 
should  be  through  the  Grand  Master  and  the  Grand  Commander.  1883. 


33.  The  decisions  of  a  Grand  Commander  are  binding  on  his  subordinates 
as  soon  as  known  ;  and  an  officer  who  has  positive  knowledge  of  such  decision 
is  as  much  bound  by  it  as  if  it  had  been  delivered  directly  to  him.  1877. 

33a.  The  decision  of  a  Grand  Connnander,  which  his  Grand  Commandery 
refuses  to  approve,  is  of  no  binding  force  after  such  refusal.  1883. 

336.  A  member  of  a  Commandery  under  the  immediate  jurisdiction  of  the 
Grand  Encampment,  in  applying  to  the  Grand  Master  for  a  decision,  must  do 
so  through  his  Eminent  Commander.  1883. 

33c.     Questions  by  members  of  a  Commandery  subordinate  to  a  Grand 
Commandery,  or  by  a   Deputy  Grand  Commander,  or  a  Past  Grand  Com- 
mander, should  be  submitted  to  the  Grand  Commander.  1883. 
See  Committees^  27. 


34.  When,  upon  application  by  a  memljer,  the  Commandery  votes  to 
grant  him  a  dimit,  the  vote  severs  the  mem])ership,  whether  a  certificate 
issues  or  not.  1880. 

35.  Application  for  a  dimit  must  now  be  made  in  writing,  signed  by  the 
member  desiring  it.  1880. 

See  Conimanderi/,  15;  Restoration,  118. 

DISPENSATION. 

36.  The  Grand  Connnander  has  the  power  to  grant  a  dispensation  to  act 
upon  a  petition  in  less  than  four  weeks  after  its  presentation,  although  the 
by-laws  of  the  Commandery  make  no  such  exception.  1880. 

37.  Such  dispensation  can  be  asked  for  only  by  vote  of  the  Commandery  ; 
but  a  majority  vote  is  sufficient.  1880. 

37a.  When  a  dispensation  for  a  new  Commandery  has  been  refused  for 
any  cause,  the  matter  can  be  revived  only  by  a  new  petition.  1883. 


38.  A  Commandery  cannot  exempt  a  member  from  all  yearly  dues  by  a 
vote  to  that  effect,  or  by  electing  him  an  honorary  member.        1877.     1880. 

39.  A  member  of  an  extiiict  Commandery  is  not  liable  for  dues  after  the 
Commandery  becomes  extinct.  1880. 

40.  But  the  Grand  Commandery  has  the  right  to  collect  from  members  of 
an  extinct  Commandery  all  dues  chargeable  against  them  up  to  the  time  it 
became  extinct,  and  to  discipline  those  who  refuse  or  neglect  to  pay  the  same. 

1880. 
40a.     When  a  member  of  a  chartered  Commandery  becomes  a  member  of 
a  Commandery  U.  D.,  and  continues  paying  dues  to  the  former,  it  is  not 
liable  to  pay  to  the  latter  the  amounts  so  received,  nor  is  the  Sir  Knight  freed 
from  his  liability  to  pay  dues  to  the  Commandery  U.  D.  1883. 

See  Membership,  78  ;  By-Latvs,  68. 


36  {SUPPLEMENT   TO   CODE   OF   STATUTES   OF   THE 

EMINENT   COMMANDEK. 

41.  When  an  Eminent  Commander  vacates  his  office,  by  having  been 
elected  and  installed  Grand  Commander,  or  in  any  other  manner,  the  (jJen- 
eralissimo  (or  in  his  absence  the  Captain  General)  succeeds  to  the  office  by  con- 
stitutional right  until  the  next  annual  election,  and  the  Grand  Commandery 
cannot  legally  order  or  authorize  the  election  of  a  new  Commander  to  fill  the 
vacancy.  1880. 

42.  An  Eminent  Commander  becomes  a  Past  Commander  at  the  expiration 
of  his  term  of  office,  although  he  may  have  permanently  removed  from  the 
State  before  that  time.  1880. 

EXPULSION    AND    SUSPENSION. 

43.  It  requires  a  two-thirds  vote  to  expel,  but  only  a  majority  vote  to 
suspend.  1880. 

44.  When  a  Templar  is  expelled  or  suspended  by  his  Lodge  or  Chapter, 
the  Code  requires  that  a  proper  certiticate  thereof  be  obtained  if  practicable  ; 
but  if  not,  that  other  evidence  be  produced  to  the  Commandery,  showing  the 
expulsion  or  suspension,  before  the  Commandery  can  declare  him  expelled  or 
suspended.  1880. 

45.  When  the  expulsion  or  suspension  is  the  act  of  a  subordinate  Lodge 
or  Chapter,  its  jurisdiction  should  be  inquired  into  by  the  (Jommandery  l^efore 
final  action.  1880. 

46.  But  if  the  expulsion  or  suspension  is  decreed  or  confirmed  by  the 
Grand  Lodge  or  Grand  Chapter,  the  question  of  jurisdiction  is  no  longer  open. 

1880. 

47.  Expulsion  or  suspension  has  the  same  effect,  whatever  may  have  been 
the  cause  for  which  it  was  inflicted.  1880.     1883. 

48.  In  paragraph  eleven  of  Section  XVII  of  the  Code  of  1877,  the  word 
**  definite"  before  "suspension"  Avas  accidentally  omitted  ;  the  term  means 
**  suspension  for  a  definite  time."  1880. 

49.  Suspension  for  non-payment  of  dues,  by  the  Lodge  or  Chapter,  has 
the  effect  given  to  it  by  the  laws  of  the  Grand  Lodge  or  Grand  Chapter  of  the 
jurisdiction  ;  it  depends  upon  those  laws  whether  all  Masonic  rhjUts  are  taken 
away,  or  certain  disabilities  are  incurred.  Templar  rights  are  taken  away  in 
the  former  case,  but  not  necessarily  in  the  latter.  1874.     1883. 

50.  But  striking  from  the  roll,  without  trial,  is  not  suspension. 

1874.     1883. 

51.  Striking  from  the  roll  of  membership  by  the  Lodge  or  Chapter  affects 
the  standing  of  the  Sir  Knight  in  the  Commandery  precisely  the  same  as  it 
does  in  the  Lodge  or  Chapter.  1880.     1883. 

52.  Suspension  for  non-payment  of  dues  can  be  inflicted  by  the  Command- 
ery only  after  due  notice  to  the  delinquent  to  appear  at  the  time  it  is  proposed 
to  act  upon  his  case,  and  an  opportunity  to  be  heard  in  his  defence  ;  and  any 
by-law  providing  for  suspension  without  such  notice  and  opportunity  is  illegal 
and  void.  1877.     1880. 

53.  Suspension  by  liodge  or  Chapter  does  not  deprive  his  Commandery  of 
jurisdiction  to  try  him  for  other  offences  committed  either  before  or  after  his 
suspension.  1877, 


GRAND   ENCAMPMENT   OF   THE   UNITED   STATES.  37 

oSa.  Expulsion  or  suspension  from  the  rights  of  Freemasonry  by  his  Lodge 
or  Chapter  deprives  a  Sir  Knight  of  all  rights  and  privileges  in  his  Command- 
ery  and  of  all  intercourse  with  the  Order.  1883. 

5.3/>.     When  members  of  a  Commandery  are  summoned  to  show  cause  why 
they  should  not  be  suspended,  and  do  not  appear,  the  Eminent  Commander 
cannot  declare  them  suspended  until  the  Commandery  has  so  voted.      1883. 
See  Striking  from  the  Roll. 

FEE8. 

54.  The  fees  for  the  Orders  cannot  be  remitted  directly,  or  indirectly  by 
vote  of  money  to  the  candidate. 

55.  No  custom,  however  long  it  has  existed,  justifies  the  conferring  of  the 
Orders  upon  any  one  without  the  payment  of  the  prescribed  fees. 

FUNERAL. 

56.  A  Commandery  cannot  appear  in  public  at  the  funeral  of  any  other 
than  a  Templar,  without  the  permission  of  the  Grand  Commander. 

1877.     1880. 

57.  It  is  not  proper  for  a  Commandery,  as  escort,  to  attend  the  funeral  of 
any  one  who  is  not  buried  with  Masonic  ceremonies.  1877. 

GOOD    STANDING. 

58.  A  member  of  a  Commandery  is  affected  by  his  standing  in  his  Lodge 
and  Chapter.  1880. 

59.  A  candidate  not  in  good  standing  in  Lodge  and  Chapter  is  not  eligibl!e 
to  receive  the  orders  of  Knighthood.  1880. 

60.  The  forfeiture  or  surrender  of  the  charter  does  not,  of  itself,  affect  the 
good  standing  of  the  members.  1880. 
See   Expulsion  and   Suspen.'ilon,  49,  51  ;   Membevfi/up,   86  ;   Non-affiliates,  89  ; 

Reinstatement,  112;  Restoration,  114,  116,  118;  Striking  from  the  Roll. 

GRAND   COMMANDERY. 

61.  To  form  a  Grand  Commandery,  at  least  three  Commanderies  must  be 
represented  in  the  convention  ;  but  Fast  Commanders  may  participate  in  the 
convention,  and  be  counted  in  making  the  required  number  of  Knights. 

1877. 

62.  The  memoership  of  a  Grand  Commandery  cannot  be  enlarged,  or  re- 
stricted from  that  prescribed  by  the  Constitution  of  the  Grand  Encampment.  « 

1874. 

63.  Any  member  of  a  subordinate  Commandery  is  eligible  to  office  in  the 
Grand  Commandery.  1874. 

64.  A  member  can  have  but  one  vote  in  his  own  right  in  a  Grand  Com- 
mandery, nor  can  he  vote  personally  in  one  capacity  and  by  proxy  in  another. 

1874. 
64a.     This  rule  applies  to  an  officer  or  permanent  member  of  the  Grand 
Commandery,  who  is  at  the  same  time  one  of  the  first  three  officers  of  his 
Commandery.  1883. 

65.  Hence  an  officer  of  a  subordinate  Commandery,  although  the  others 
are  absent,  cannot  [in  the  Grand  Commandery]  cast  more  than  one  vote,  un- 
less he  holds  the  duly  authenticated  proxies  of  the  absent  officers.  1877. 


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66.  No  person,  other  than  those  named  in  the  Constitution  of  the  Grand 
Encampment  as  members  of  a  Grand  Commandery,  can  vote  therein  in  his 
own  right,  by  virtue  of  any  authority  whatever,  nor  as  proxy  of  any  other 
than  a  member  of  his  own  Commandery,  who,  under  the  provisions  of 
that  Constitution,  is  a  member  of  the  Grand  Commandery,  and  authorized  to 
appoint  a  proxy.  1874. 

67.  No  one  can  be  appointed  upon  a  committee  in  the  Grand  Commandery 
unless  he  is  a  member  thereof  in  his  own  right  or  as  proxy  ;  but  a  member  may 
be  appointed,  though  not  present.  1880. 

68.  A  non-resident  of  the  State  is  not  eligible  to  office  in  the  Grand  Com- 
mandery 1880. 

69.  Any  officer  of  the  Grand  Commandery,  except  the  Grand  Commander, 
may  be  tried  by  his  Commandery  for  unknightly  conduct.  1880. 

See  Rank,  110,  111. 

(^RAND   MASTER. 

69r(.  The  Grand  Master,  as  the  executive  head  of  the  Grand  Encampment 
is,  by  the  general  principles  of  Masonic  and  Templar  law,  responsible  for  the 
discharge  of  every  executive  duty  to  be  performed  in  behalf  of  the  Grand  En- 
campment not  by  enactment  devolved  upon  others.  1883. 

696.  It  is  not  his  duty  to  pass  upon  merely  moot  {questions;  l^ut  only  those 
w^hich  actually  arise  in  the  administration  of  the  affairs  of  the  Oand  Encamp- 
ment, Grand  Commanderies,  or  subordinate  Commanderies.  1883. 

GRANI>   OFFICERS. 

69c.  The  Grand.  Master  or  his  representative,  the  Deputy  Grand  Master, 
Grand  Generalissimo,  and  Grand  Captain  General  of  the  Grand  Encampment, 
when  visiting  a  body  of  the  Order,  are  entitled  to  be  received  under  the  Arch 
of  Steel.  1883. 

69^/.  The  Grand  Encampment  has  not  prescribed  the  manner  of  receiving 
the  officers  of  a  Grand  Commandery,  and  any  regulation  made  by  a  Grand 
Commandery  in  relation  thereto  is  binding  on  the  members  of  its  obedience. 

1883. 

INSTALLATION. 

70.  It  is  not  necessary  for  a  re-elected  officer  to  be  installed,  as  he  holds 
over,  by  virtue  of  his  former  election  and  installation,  until  his  successor  is 
installed.  1877. 

71.  A  Commandery  may  hold  a  public  installation  in  its  own  asylum, 
without  a  special  dispensation  from  the  Grand  Commander.  1880. 

72.  But  such  dispensation  is  required  in  order  to  hold  a  public  installa- 
tion in  any  other  place.  1880. 

JEWEL    OF    PAST   ORAND    MASTER. 

73.  The  form  of  the  Jewel  prepared  for  Past  Grand  Master  Fellows  [see 
Proceedings,  with  engraving]  is  adopted  as  the  appropriate  Jewel  of  a  Past 
M.  \  E. '.  Grand  Master  of  Knights  Templar  of  this  Grand  Encampment. 

1877. 


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JURISDICTION. 

I.  Territorial. — 74.  The  jurisdiction  of  a  Commandery  [except  when 
otherwise  specially  provided]  extends  half-way  to  the  nearest  Commandery  in 
the  same  jurisdiction;  and  a  Commandery  U.  D.,  while  its  dispensation  is 
in  force,  has  the  same  jurisdiction  as  a  chartered  Commandery.  1874. 

75.  A  Companion,  residing  in  any  Territory  in  which  there  is  no  Com- 
mandery, may  apply  to  any  Commandery  for  the  Orders  ;  but  when  there  is  a 
Commandery  in  such  Territory  he  can  apply  elsewhere  only  by  its  permission, 
the  Grand  Master  having  no  power  in  the  premises.  1874. 

II.  Personal. — 76.  A  rejected  candidate  cannot  apply  to  another  Com- 
mandery, without  the  consent,  by  a  unanimous  vote,  of  tlie  one  by  which  he 
was  rejected.  1877. 

77.  The  same  rule  applies  to  an  elected  candidate  who  fails  to  present 
himself  to  receive  the  Orders.  1877. 

MEMBERSHIP. 

78.  A  Templar  cannot  be  a  member  of  two  Commanderies  at  the  same 
time,  although  they  are  not  in  the  same  State.  1880. 

79.  An  unaffiliated  Knight  is  not  entitled  to  Templar  honors  ;  but  the 
Commandery  may  grant  them,  or  it  may  withhold  them,  without  breach  of 
knightly  duty.  1874. 

80.  The  *' honorary  membership"  named  in  the  Code  refers  to  the  election, 
as  an  honorary  member,  by  one  Commandery,  of  the  member  of  another. 

1877. 

81.  Such  honorary  member  is  not  liable  to  dues,  and  the  election  confers 
no  rights,  being  a  mere  compliment.  1880. 

82.  The  election  of  a  member  of  the  same  Commandery  as  an  honorary 
member  deprives  him  of  none  of  the  rights  of  active  membership.  1877. 

88.     Nor  does  it  relieve  him  from  the  payment  of  dues.  1880. 

84.  A  plan  of  life  membership  approved.  See  Proceedings  of  1874,  page 
50.  1874. 

85.  A  by-law  providing  that  a  member,  upon  the  payment  of  a  fixed  sum 
of  mone}^  may  become  a  life  member,  and  thereafter  be  exempt  from  the  pay- 
ment of  annual  dues,  is  valid.  1880. 

86.  When  a  Templar,  after  suspension  and  restoration  to  good  standing, 
applies  for  membership,  he  must  do  so  by  petition,  setting  forth  that  he  had 
been  a  member  of  a  Commandery,  been  suspended,  and  restored  to  good  stand- 
ing :  such  petition  [if  in  the  same  Commandery]  need  not  lie  over,  but  may  be 
acted  upon  at  once. 

86rt.     Affiliation  is  a  thing  wholly  between  the  applicant  and  the  Com- 
mandery. 1883. 
^ee  By- Laics,  8;  Restoration,  115,  117. 

MEMBERSHIP   IN   GRAND   ENCAMPMENT. 

.  86ft.     The  election  [and  installation]  of  a  Sir  Knight  as  a  Grand  Commander 
make  him  a  member  of  the  Grand  Encampment.  1883. 

86c.  Documents  distributed  by  the  Grand.  Encampment  to  its  members 
do  not  belong  to  the  proxies  attending  the  Grand  Encampment,  but  to  the 
members  themselves.  1883. 


40       SUPPLEMENT  T'O  CODE  OP  STATUTES  OP  THE 


87.  At  the  close  of  every  Conclave,  the  minutes  should  be  read,  corrected, 
and  approved  ;  they  should  be  entered  on  the  record  l)efore  the  next  stated 
CJonclave,  when  the  journal  should  be  read,  corrected,  and  approved  by  the 
Conimandery,  and  signed  by  the  Recorder.  1874. 

MONEYS — HOW   PAID   OUT. 

88.  No  money  belonging  to  the  Grand  Encampment  shall  be  paid  out 
except  upon  a  warrant  or  order  signed  by  the  Grand  Master  and  attested  by 
the  Grand  Recorder.  1877. 

NON-AFFILIATES. 

89.  By  merely  becoming  non-affiliate  in  Lodge  or  Cliapter,  a  Templar  does 
not  lose  his  standing  in  the  Commandery.  1880. 

OBJECTION  AFTER  BALLOT. 

90.  An  objection  after  ballot  may  be  withdrawn  before  it  has  been  entered 
on  the  minutes  ;  after  that,  the  only  course  is  to  present  a  new  petition  in  the 
same  manner  as  if  the  rejection  had  been  by  ballot.  1877. 

91.  Objection  after  ballot  is  in  all  cases  equivalent  to  a  rejection,  whether 
the  objector  gives  his  reasons  or  not ;  if  he  does  give  them,  the  Commandery 
has  no  right  to  determine  their  sufficiency.  1880. 

92.  Objection  to  the  advancement  of  a  Red  Cross  Knight  is  equivalent  to 
a  rejection  by  ballot,  and  holds  good  for  six  months,  and  no  longer.        1880. 

92rt.  Objection  to  the  advancement  of  a  Red  Cross  Knight  is  equivalent  to 
a  rejection  by  ballot,  and-the  money  paid  for  the  advancement  should  be  re- 
turned to  the  candidate.  1883. 

OFFICERS. 

93.  By  election  and  installation  as  Grand  Commander,  any  one  of  the  first 
three  officers  in  a  Commandery  vacates  his  office.  [See  Code,  "Offices — 
Incompatible.^']  1877. 

94.  Section  XXVI II  of  the  Code  applies  to  such  a  vacancy,  in  the  same 
manner  as  it  applies  to  other  vacancies.  1877. 

See  Eminent  Commander ^  41  ;  Grand  Commander,  69. 

PAST   COMMANDER. 

95.  A  Past  Commander,  when  presiding  in  the  absence  of  the  Eminent 
Commander,  Generalissimo,  and  Captain-General,  may  confer  the  Orders. 

1877. 
95rt.     The  Past  Commander  who  may  preside  in  the  absence  of  the  first 
three  officers  of  a  Commandery  is  the  Senior  Past  Commander  present  who  is  a 
member,  without  reference  to  the  Commandery  in  which  he  acquired  the  title. 

1883. 
See  Eminent  Commander,  42. 

PETITIONS. 

96.  Petitions  must  contain  what  is  prescribed  by  the  Code  of  Statutes. 
No  Commandery  has  the  right  to  add  new  requirements.  1877.     1883. 


GEAND   ENCAMPMENT   OF   THE  UNITED   STATES.  41 

97.  They  cannot  be  acted  upon  in  less  than  four  weeks  from  their  presen- 
tation, without  the  special  dispensation  of  the  Grand  Commander,  even  if  the 
Commandery  holds  stated  Conclaves  weekly.  1877. 

98.  The  report  thereon  must  be  in  writing  [but  not  entered  upon  the  min- 
utes], and  the  proper  entry  is  ' '  the  committee,  etc. ,  presented  their  report, 
whereupon  a  ballot  was  had."  1877. 

99.  When  the  Eminent  Commander  has  good  reason  to  believe  that  there 
has  been  an  error  in  announcing  the  acceptance  of  a  candidate,  he  may,  by 

ermission  of  the  Grand  Commander,  order  a  new  ballot,  first  giving  notice,  to 
all  the  members,  of  the  time  when  it  will  be  taken.  1877. 

See  Ballot,  3,  4. 

PRINTING — COMMITTEE   ON. 

99a.  The  legislation  of  the  Grand  Encampment  shows  its  intention  that 
the  printing  should  be  under  the  supervision  of  its  Committee  on  Printing. 

1883. 

99?>.  But  the  reprinting  of  the  Proceedings  1859-1868  was  made  an  ex- 
ception to  the  rule,  and  intrusted  to  the  Grand  Recorder.  1883. 

PRINTING   REPORTS   IN   ADVANCE. 

100.  The  Grand  Recorder  shall  cause  to  be  printed  in  advance  of  each 
Conclave  a  sufficient  number  of  copies  of  the  reports  of  the  Grand  Officers  for 
the  use  of  the  committees  and  members,  that  each  member  present  at  the 
Conclave  shall  have  a  copy.  1871.     1877. 

PUBLIC    PARADES. 

101.  The  Grand  Encampment  will  accept  no  invitation  to  unite  in  a 
Templar  parade  during  its  Conclave.  1874.     1877. 

102.  It  prohibits  any  of  its  members  from  participating  therein  during 
such  Conclave,  except  to  escort  the  Grand  Encampment  at  the  opening  session 
of  the  Conclave.  1874.     1877. 

103.  The  Grand  Encampment  requests  the  Grand  Commandery  within 
whose  jurisdiction  it  may  hold  its  Conclave,  to  prevent  any  Templar  parade  in 
the  city  where  the  Conclav^e  is  held  on  any  day  thereof  after  the  first. 

1874.     1877. 
103a.     A  Commandery  should  appear  in  public  in  Templar  costume  only 
on  Masonic  occasions  ;  and  a  dispensation  for  that  purpose  should  be  restricted 
to  such  an  occasion.  1883. 

103/>.  The  determination  of  what  is  a  Masonic  occasion  belongs  to  the 
Grand  Lodge.  1883. 

See  Funeral,  5G,  57  ;   Installation,  71,  72. 

QUALIFICATIONS    FOR   ORDERS. 

104.  If  the  candidate  can  give  all  the  signs,  and  go  through  all  the  cere- 
monies, he  is  eligible,  and  not  otherwise  ;  and  the  Eminent  Commander  and 
the  members  of  the  Commandery  are  the  judges  of  his  eligibility  under  this 
rule.  1874.     . 


42       SUPPLEMENT  TO  CODE  OF  STATUTES  OF  THE 

105.  But  the  Commandery  should  be  more  exacting  than  the  Lodge  or 
Chapter,  and  the  petitioner  should  be  capable  of  enduring  pilgrimage  and  war- 
fare, and  should  not  by  his  presence  mar  the  symmetry  of  a  parade.      1877. 

105a.  The  decision  of  the  question  whether  a  candidate  can  comply  with 
the  requirements  of  the  ritual  and  drill  is  left  to  the  Commandery.         1888. 

106.  No  Commandery  or  Grand  Commandery  has  the  right  to  add  to  or 
take  from  the  qualifications  of  candidates  prescribed  in  the  Constitution  and 
Code  of  tlie  Grand  Encampment.  1877.     1880.     1883. 

107.  Hence  the  Council  degrees  are  not  prerequisite,  and  membership  in 
Lodge  or  Chapter  is  not  required.     [See  Code  XXXII.]  1877. 

107«.  Hence,  also,  a  candidate  cannot  be  required  to  become  a  member  of 
a  Lodge  or  Chapter  after  receiving  the  Orders.  1883. 

See  Good  Standing.  59. 

QUORUM. 

108.  A  quorum  being  present,  the  vote  of  a  less  number  is  valid.     1874. 
108o.     The  la^  requiring  nine  members  of  the  Commandery  to  be  present 

in  order  to  transact  any  business,  applies  to  Commanderies  U.  D. 


109.  A  Past  Grand  Commander  remains  a  member  of  the  Grand  Encamp- 
ment as  long  as  he  is  in  good  standing,  whatever  be  his  residence.  1880. 

110.  He  remains  a  member  of  his  own  Grand  Commandery  as  long  as  he 
is  a  member  of  one  of  its  subordinates,  whether  he  continues  to  reside  in  its 
jurisdiction  or  not.  1880. 

111.  But  if  he  affiliates  in  another  jurisdiction,  he  loses  his  membership 
in  his  own  Grand  Commandery,  and  does  not  acquire  membership  in  that  of 
his  new  affiliation  until  elected,  as  provided  in  Section  XXVI  of  the  Consti- 
tution of  the  Grand  Encampment.  1880. 

REINSTATEMENT. 

112.  When  a  member  of  a  Commandery  loses  his  good  standing  by  being 
**  stricken  from  the  roll"  by  his  Lodge  or  Chapter,  his  reinstatement  in  the 
Lodge  or  Chapter  reinstates  him  in  the  Commandery.  1880. 

RESTORATION. 

113.  The  provisions  of  the  Code,  in  relation  to  restoration,  apply  to  cases 
of  suspension  for  a  definite  time,  as  well  as  to  suspension  for  an  indefinite  time. 

1877. 

114.  The  Grand  Encampment  has  adopted  the  generally  received  law  that 
the  restoration,  by  his  Lodge  or  Chapter,  of  a  Templar  expelled  or  suspended 
by  such  Lodge  or  Chapter,  restores  him  to  all  the  rights  of  which  he  was  de- 
prived by  the  Lodge  or  Chapter,  viz.,  to  good  standing  as  a  Templar,  and  to 
membership  in  his  Commandery.  1880. 

115.  Under  the  law  of  the  Grand  Encampment,  suspension,  as  well  as 
expulsion,  by  the  Commandery,  severs  membership  therein.  1880. 

116.  A  Sir  Knight  may  be  restored  to  good  standing  as  an  unaffiliated 
Knight  by  a  majority  vote  when  he  has  been  suspended,  and  by  a  two-thirds 
vote  when  he  has  been  expelled.  1880. 


GRAND   ENCAMPMENT   OF   THE   UNITED   STATES.  43 

117.  But  in  either  case  he  can  be  restored  to  membership  only  by  a  unani- 
mous vote.  1880. 

118.  When  a  suspended  Sir  Knight  is  restored  to  good  standing,  his  Com- 
mandery  should  give  him  a  certificate,  stating  that  he  had  been  a  member, 
had  been  suspended  [not  stating  the  cause],  and  had  been  [at  a  given  date], 
restored  to  good  standing  ;  and  such  certificate  would  be  equivalent  to  a 
dimit.  1880. 

SEAL. 

119.  The  officers  of  a  Commandery  have  the  right  to  order  its  seal  affixed 
to  any  certificate  or  other  documents  which  they  can  legally  issue  in  the  name 
of  the  Commandery.  1874. 

STRIKING    FROM    THE   ROLL. 

119rt.  Strikhuj  froyn  the  roll  is  ordinarily  not  expulsion  or  suspension,  but 
results  in  non-affiliation  merely.  1883. 

1196.  If,  however,  strikimj  from  the  roll  of  a  Lodge  or  Chapter  is  held  by 
its  Grand  Lodge  or  Grand  Chapter  to  deprive  the  member  of  his  MaRonic 
rlr/hts,  it  has  the  same  effect  as  expulsion  or  suspension.  1883. 

119c'.  But  if  striking  from  the  roll,  under  the  law  of  the  Grand  Lodge  or 
Grand  Chapter  of  the  jurisdiction,  merely  deprives  the  party  of  membership 
in  his  Lodge  or  Chapter,  it  has  no  effect  upon  the  general  standing  of  the  Sir 
Knight,  or  his  membership  in  his  Commandery.  1883. 

SUMMONS. 

120.  A  summons  in  a  subordinate  Commandery  should  be  used  only  in 
cases  of  urgent  necessity.  1874. 

TEMPLAR   NOMENCLATURE.  '' 

121.  The  style  "  Sir  Knight  A  B  "  is  correct.  1880. 

TITLE. 

122.  No  past  officers,  except  the  presiding  officer  of  a  Grand  or  subordinate 
Commandery,  retain  their  official  title.  1877. 

TRIALS. 

123  Trials  must  take  place  in  open  Commandery,  as  provided  in  the 
Code.  A  committee  may  be  appointed  to  take  the  depositions  of  such  wit- 
nesses only  as  cannot  be  examined  in  open  Commandery,  to  be  returned  to  the 
Commandery.  1877. 

124.  But  it  is  not  proper  to  refer  the  charge  to  a  committee  for  considera- 
tion ;  nor  for  a  committee,  appointed  to  take  testimony,  to  digest  it  or  report 
any  conclusions  thereon.  1877. 

UNIFORM. 

125.  The  uniform  is  prescribed  by  a  statute,  and  no  Knight,  Commandery, 
or  Grand  Commandery  has  any  right  to  add  to  or  take  from  this  statute,  any 
more  than  any  other  statute  of  the  Grand  Encampment.  1877. 

126.  All  Past  Grand  Officers  are  entitled  to  wear  the  Templar  Cross. 

1874. 

127.  The  wearing  of  shoulder-straps  is  limited  to  the  officers  and  past 
officers  enumerated  in  the  statute.  1877. 


44        SUPPLEMENT  TO  THE  CODE  OF  STATUTES. 

128.  The  Grand  Encampment  cannot  act  upon  any  proposed  chansje  in 
the  uniform^  unless  notice  thereof  is  given  in  the  summons,  as  provided  in  the 
Constitution.  1877. 

I'ISa.  When  a  Commandery  is  entitled  to  wear  the  black  uniform,  new 
members  as  well  as  old  may  wear  it. 

1286.  In  the  absence  of  any  legislation  by  the  Grand  Encampment  or  the 
governing  Grand  Commandery,  each  Commandery  may  determine  by  its  by- 
laws whether  or  not  Sir  Knights  may  be  admitted  to  the  sessions  without  full 
Templar  uniform.  1883. 

See  By-Laws,  9. 

VISITORS. 

129.  The  objection  of  one  member  excludes  a  visitor,  ludess  he  visits  in  an 
official  capacity.  1874. 

130.  A  visitor  must  be  examined  in  all  the  preceding  degrees,  as  well  as 
in  the  Order,  unless  vouched  for  in  whole  or  in  part.  1874. 


131.  By  the  Constitution  of  the  Grand  Encampment,  all  questions  [except 
upon  the  acceptance,  etc.,  of  candidates,  and  in  expulsions  and  restorations  of 
Knights]  are  decided  by  a  majority  vote.  1874.     1880. 

See  Expulsion  and  Suspension,  43. 

WORK— FORM   OF   MINUTE. 

132.  To  change  from  the  Commandery  to  the  Council,  the  proper  entry 
is,  '*  The  Commandery  of  Knights  Templar  was  then  closed,  and  a  Council  of 
Knights  of  Red  Cross  was  opened ; "  and  to  change  the  other  way,  the  entry 
is,  "  The  Council  of  Knights  of  Red  Cross  was  closed,  and  a  Commandery  of 
Knights  Templar  opened."  1877. 


STATUTES 

Of    THE 
OF    THE 

STATK  OF  CALIKORNIA. 

APRIL,  A.  D.  1884,  A.  0.  766. 

CHAPTER    I. 

RELATIVE    TO   THE   GRAND   COMMANDERY. 
I. 

•  0/  its  Title  and  Seal. 

This  Body  shall  be  entitled  "The  Grand  Cominandery  of  Knights  Templar 
of  the  State  of  California  ;"  and  shall  have  a  Seal  bearing  suitable  devices  and 
inscriptions,  which  shall  be  affixed  to  all  instruments  issued  by  or  under  its 
authority. 

II. 

Of  its  Officers  and  Members, 

The  Grand  Command ery  shall  be  composed  of  a  Grand  Commander  (whose 
address  is  Right  Eminent) ;  a  Deputy  Grand  Commander  (whose  address  is  Very 
Eminent) ;  a  Grand  Generalissimo;  a  Grand  Captain  General  ;  a  Grand  Prelate; 
a  Grand  Senior  Warden  ;  a  Grand  Junior  Warden  ;  a  Grand  Treasurer  ;  a  Grand 
Recorder  ;  a  Grand  Standard  Bearer  ;  a  Grand  Sword  Bearer ;  a  Grand  Warder  ; 
(whose  several  addresses  are  Eminent) ;  a  Grand  Organist ;  a  Grand  Captain  of 
the  Guards  (the  Sentinel);  all  Past  Grand  Commanders,  Past  Deputy  Grand 
Commanders,  Past  Grand  Generalissimos,  Past  Grand  Captains  General  of  this 
Grand  Commandery  ;  all  Past  Commanders,  by  service,  of  chartered  Com- 
manderies  under  its  jurisdiction  ;  and  the  Commanders,  Generalissimos,  and 
Captains  General,  for  the  time,  of  the  several  chartered  and  duly  constituted 
Commanderies  subordinate  thereto. 


46  STATtJTES   OF    THE 

III. 

Of  Qualifications  for  Office  or  Membership. 

Every  officer  and  member  of  the  Grand  Commandery  must  be  a  member  of 
some  Commandery  under  its  jurisdiction  :  and  with  the  suspension  or  cessation 
of  such  membership,  shall  cease  his  office  and  membership  in  the  Grand  Com- 
mandery. 

IV. 

Of  its  lowers  and  Authority. 

The  Grand  Commandery  derives  all  its  powers  from  the  Grand  Encampment 
of  Knights  Templar  of  the  United  States  of  America,  to  the  Constitution  and 
Regulations  of  which  its  obedience  is  ever  due.  Under  these  powers  it  has 
authority  over  all  Commanderies  and  Knights  Templar  within  the  State  of 
California.  It  may  grant  dispensations  and  charters  for  forming  and  holding 
Commanderies  therein,  and,  at  its  pleasure,  may  arrest,  suspend,  or  revoke 
them.  It  may  enact  such  statutes,  and  pass  such  orders,  for  its  own  govern- 
ment and  for  that  of  its  subordinates  and  the  Knights  within  its  jurisdiction, 
as  shall  not  conflict  with  the  Constitution  and  Regulations  of  the  Grand  En- 
campment ;  may  alter,  amend,  or  annul  the  same  ;  and  may  e^^ercise  all  other 
authority  which  shall  be  deemed  necessary  for  the  good  of  the  Order  in  this 
State,  and  which  shall  be  in  conformity  with  its  precepts  and  the  Constitution 
and  Regulations  of  the  Grand  Encampment.     ' 

V. 

Of  its  Conclaves.  4 

The  Grand  Commandery  shall  hold  an  Annual  Conclave,  for  the  trans- 
action of  its  regular  business,  at  the  city  of  San  Francisco,  commencing  on  the 
first  Thursday  after  the  fourth  Tuesday  in  April,  at  two  o'clock  f.  m.  Special 
Conclaves  may  be  ordered  by  the  Grand  Commander,  at  his  discretion,  but  no 
business  shall  be  transacted  thereat  other  than  that  specified  in  such  order. 

VI. 

Of  its  Elections. 

The  Officers  of  the  Grand  Commandery  shall  be  chosen  by  liallot  at  each 
Annual  Conclave,  (except  the  Grand  Standard  Bearer,  the  Grand  Sword 
Bearer,  the  Grand  Warder,  and  the  Grand  Captain  of  the  Guards,  who  shall 
be  appointed  by  the  Grand  Commander, )  shall  be  duly  installed  before  the 
close  thereof,  and  shall  hold  their  respective  offices  (except  as  hereinbefore 
provided)  until  their  successors  are  elected,  or  appointed,  and  installed.  A 
majority  of  all  the  votes  cast  shall  be  necessary  for  a  choice.  Any  vacancy 
in  office,  occurring  when  the  Grand  Commandery  is  not  in  Conclave,  may  be 
filled  by  the  Grand  Commander,  and  the  officer  so  appointed  shall  possess  all 
the  powers  and  be  charged  with  all  the  duties  of  one  regularly  elected. 


GRAND   COMMANBERY   OF   CALIFORNIA.  47 

VII. 

Of  Proxies. 

Any  member  of  the  Grand  Conmiandery,  except  Past  Commanders  and  the 
Grand  Captain  of  the  (guards,  may  appear  and  vote  by  proxy  ;  but  such  proxy 
must,  at  the  time  of  service,  be  a  member  of  the  same  Commandery  as  his 
principal,  and  must  present  a  properly  authenticated  certificate  of  his  ap- 
pointment. 

VIIL 

Of  Voting. 

Each  member  of  the  Grand  Commandery  present  shall  be  entitled  to  one 
vote,  and  all  questions  shall  be  determined  by  a  majority  of  votes.  In  case 
the  votes  are  equally  divided,  the  Grand  Commander,  in  addition  to  his  proper 
vote,  shall  give  the  casting  vote. 

IX. 

Of  Revenue. 

The  revenue  of  the  Grand  Commandery  shall  be  derived  from  fees  charged 
for  Dispensations,  Charters,  Diplomas  and  other  instruments  issued  under  its 
authority,  as  follows  : — 

1.  For  a  Dispensation,  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  dollars,  of  which 
fifteen  dollars  shall  be  the  fee  of  the  Grand  Recorder ; 

2.  For  a  Charter,  seventy-five  dollars,  of  which  fifteen  dollars  shall  be  the 
fee  of  the  Grand  Recorder  ; 

3.  For  a  Diploma,  five  dollars,  of  which  three  dollars  shall  be  the  fee  of 
the  Grand  Recorder ; 

And  from  the  following  contributions  levied  upon  the  several  Command- 
eries  : 

1.  For  each  Order  of  the  Red  Cross  conferred,  two  dollars  ; 

2.  For  each  Order  of  the  Temple  conferred,  three  dollars  ; 

3.  For  each  Knight  Templar  borne  upon  the  rolls  at  the  date  of  the 
annual  returns,  one  dollar.  ^ 

X. 

Of  Committees, 

The  following  regular  committees,  to  consist  of  three  members  each,  shall 
be  appointed  by  the  Grand  Commander  at  each  Annual  Conclave,  viz.:  on 
Credentials,  on  Reports  of  the  Grand  Officers,  on  Appeals  and  Grievances,  on 
Jurisprudence,  on  New  Commanderies,  on  Returns  of  Subordinates,  and  on 
Pay  of  Delegates.  The  Grand  Commander  may  also  appoint  such  special 
committees,  at  any  Conclave,  as  may  be  deemed  expedient  by  the  Grand 
Commandery. 


48  STATUTES  OF  THE 

XL 

Of  Finances  and  Accounts. 

The  Grand  Commander,  before  the  close  of  each  Annual  Conclave,  shall 
also  appoint  a  Committee  on  Finances  and  Accounts,  which  shall  constitute  a 
standing  committee,  and  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  meet  at  the  office  of  the 
Grand  Recorder,  on  the  day  preceding  the  Annual  C-onclave  of  the  Grand 
Commandery,  and  examine  the  books,  papers,  and  accounts  of  the  Grand 
Recorder  and  Grand  Treasurer,  and  report  the  result  thereof  to  the  Grand 
Commandery  on  the  first  day  of  the  Annual  Conclave  in  each  year. 


CHAPTER  II. 

RELATIVE  TO   THE   GRAND   OFFICERS. 
I. 

Of  the  Grand  Commander. 

The  Grand  Commander  shall,  at  each  Annual  Conclave,  present  a  written 
report  of  all  his  official  acts  during  the  year,  and  of  the  condition  of  the  Order 
within  his  jurisdiction,  together  with  such  recommendations  as  he  shall  deem 
conducive  to  its  prosperity  and  advancement.  He  shall  have  a  watchful  super- 
vision over  the  subordinate  Commanderies,  and  shall  carefully  see  that  the 
Constitution  and  Regulations  of  the  Grand  Encampment,  and  the  Statutes  and 
Orders  of  the  Grand  Commandery,  are  duly  and  properly  observed.  He  shall 
have  power,  when  the  Grand  Commandery  is  not  in  Conclave,  to  issue  Dispen- 
sations for  the  formation  of  new  Commanderies,  as  hereinafter  provided  ;  and 
shall,  either  in  person,  or  by  proxy,  constitute  all  new  Commanderies,  when 
chartered,  and  install  their  officers.  He  may,  for  good  reasons  shown,  issue 
special  dispensations  to  Commanderies,  authorizing  them  to  hold  elections  of 
officers  at  times  other  than  that  named  in  Statute  IV,  Chapter  III,  of  these 
Statutes  ;  to  receive  and  act  again  upon  the  petitions  of  rejected  applicants  for 
the  Orders  of  Knighthood  within  a  less  period  than  the  six  months  pre- 
scribed in  Statute  VI,  of  said  Chapter  III ;  to  ballot  for  and  confer  the  Orders 
upon  candidates,  without  the  reference  of  their  petitions  to  committees  ;  and 
to  do  such  other  things,  not  specifically  provided  for,  as  shall  not  be  repugnant 
to,  or  inconsistent  with  the  general  regulations  of  the  Order.  He  may  order 
special  Conclaves,  at  his  discretion,  specifying  the  object  thereof.  He  may  visit 
and  preside  in  any  Commandery  within  his  jurisdiction,  and  give  such  orders 
and  instructions  as  he  may  deem  necessary,  and  as  shall  not  be  inconsistent 
with  the  enactments  of  the  Grand  Encampment  and  Grand  Commandery.  He 
may  arrest  the  charter  or  dispensation  of  any  Commandery,  for  good  reasons 
shown,  and  for  proper  cause  may  suspend  any  Commander  from  the  functions 
of  his  office  until  the  next  Annual  Conclave.  It  shall  be  his  duty,  either  in 
person  or  by  proxy,  to  attend  all  meetings  of  the  Grand  Encampment ;  and 


GRAND   COMMANDERY   OF   CALIFORNIA.  49 

there  shall  be  no  appeal  to  the  Grand  Commandery  from  his  decisions.  He 
shall  also  exemplify,  or  cause  to  be  exemplified,  the  ritual  and  drill  of  the 
Order  at  each  Annual  Conclave.  He  may  also  summon  the  Commander,  Gen- 
eralissimo, and  Captain  General  of  each  Commandery,  to  meet  him  at  any 
convenient  place  within  the  jurisdiction,  for  the  purpose  of  exemplifying  the 
drill  and  ritual,  and  the  necessary  expenses  of  these  ofiicers  shall  be  paid  by 
their  respective  Commanderies. 

11. 

Of  the  (befuty  Grand  Commander. 

The  Deputy  Grand  Commander,  in  the  absence  of  the  Grand  Commander 
from  any  Conclave,  shall  take  command  ;  and  in  the  event  of  the  death,  absence 
from  the  State,  or  inability  to  serve,  from  any  cause,  of  the  Grand  Commander, 
he  shall  succeed  to  and  be  charged  with  all  the  powers  and  duties  of  that  officer. 
At  all  other  times  he  may  perform  such  duties  as  may  be  assigned  him  by  the 
Grand  Commandery  or  Grand  Commander ;  and  he  is  required,  either  in  per- 
son or  by  proxy,  to  attend  all  meetings  of  the  Grand  Encampment. 

III. 

Of  the  Grand  Generalissimo  and  Grand  Caftain  General. 

The  Grand  Generalissimo  and  the  Grand  Captain  General,  in  the  absence  of 
their  superiors  from  any  Conclave,  shall  severally  take  command,  in  the  order 
of  their  rank  ;  and  in  the  event  of  the  death,  removal  from  the  State,  or  ina- 
bility to  serve,  from  any  cause,  of  their  superiors,  shall  in  like  manner  succeed 
to  and  be  charged  with  all  the  powers  and  duties  of  the  Grand  Commander. 
At  all  other  times  they  shall  perform  such  duties  as  may  be  assigned  them 
by  the  Grand  Commandery  or  Grand  Commander  ;  and  they  are  required,  either 
in  person  or  by  proxy,  to  attend  all  meetings  of  the  Grand  Encampment. 

Of  the  Grand  Treasurer. 

The  Grand  Treasurer  shall  receive  all  moneys  belonging  to  the  Grand  Com- 
mandery from  the  Grand  Recorder,  and  shall  pay  the  same  out  under  such 
regulations  as  by  it  may  be  provided.  He  shall  keep  a  just  record  thereof  in 
proper  books,  and  at  each  Annual  Conclave  shall  present  a  detailed  account  of 
his  receipts  and  disbursements,  together  with  vouchers  for  the  last,  and  a  full 
statement  of  the  existing  condition  of  the  finances.  He  shall  execute  and  file 
with  the  Grand  Recorder,  within  fifteen  days  after  his  installation,  a  bond,  in 
such  terms,  in  such  penal  sum,  and  with  such  sureties  as  shall  be  approved  by 
the  Grand  Commander,  conditioned  that  he  will  faithfully  discharge  the  duties 
of  his  office. 

V. 

Of  the  Grand  Recorder. 

The  Grand  Recorder  shall  keep  an  accurate  record  of  all  the  transactions  of 
the  Grand  Commandery  which  should  be  written.  He  shall  collect  the  reve- 
nue and  pay  it  over  to  the  Grand  Treasurer.     He  shall  present  a  detailed  re- 

7 


50  STATU1?ES  01^  THE 

port  of  his  receipts,  and  of  all  business  appertaining  to  his  office,  at  each  An- 
nual Conclave.  He  shall,  as  soon  as  piacticable,  after  each  Annual  Conclave, 
transmit  copies  of  the  transactions  thereat  to  the  Grand  Master  of  the  Order, 
the  Grand  Recorder  of  the  Grand  Encampment,  the  Grand  Recorders  of  the 
several  Grand  Commanderies  under  the  jurisdiction  of  that  Body,  and  the  Re- 
corders of  the  several  Commanderies  vvdthin  this  jurisdiction.  He  shall  keep 
the  seal  of  the  Grand  Commandery,  and  shall  affix  it,  with  his  attestation,  to 
all  instruments  emanating  from  that  Body,  and  to  all  dispensations  issued  by 
the  Grand  Commander.  He  shall  conduct  the  correspondence  of  the  Grand 
Commandery,  and  shall  present,  at  each  Annual  Conclave,  a  summary  of  such 
proceedings  of  other  Grand  Commanderies  as  may  have  come  into  his  pos- 
session. He  shall  transmit  quarterly  to  each  subordinate  Commandery  a  list 
of  all  rejections,  suspensions,  expulsions,  or  restorations  by  the  various  Com- 
manderies of  the  jurisdiction  which  shall  have  been  received  by  him.  He  shall 
report,  at  each  Annual  Conclave,  all  unfinished  business,  and  shall  perform 
such  other  duties  as  may  be  assigned  him  by  the  Grand  Commandery  or  Grand 
Commander.  He  shall  receive  such  compensation  for  his  services  as  the  Grand 
Commandery  may  direct ;  and  shall  execute  and  tile  with  the  Grand  Treasurer, 
within  fifteen  days  after  his  installation,  a  bond,  in  such  terms,  in  such  penal 
sum,  and  with  such  sureties  as  shall  be  approved  by  the  Grand  Commander, 
conditioned  that  he  will  faithfully  discharge  the  duties  of  his  office. 

VI. 

Of  the  other  Grand  Officers. 

The  duties  of  the  remaining  Grand  Officers  shall  be  such  as  traditionally 
appertain  to  their  respective  stations,  and  shall  correspond,  as  nearly  as  may 
be,  to  those  of  the  officers  of  similar  rank  in  the  Grand  Encampment.  In  case 
all  the  four  principal  Grand  Officers  shall  be  absent  from  any  Conclave,  the 
Past  Grand  Officers  of  like  rank  shall,  in  the  order  of  their  rank  and  seniority, 
be  empowered  to  take  command. 


CHAPTER  III. 

RELATIVE   TO   SUBORDINATE   COMMANDERIES. 
I. 

Upon  the  petition  of  nine  or  more  Knights  Templar  in  good  standing,  the 
Grand  Commandery,  or  the  Grand  Commander,  may  issue  a  Letter  of  Dis- 
pensation, authorizing  them  to  form  and  open  a  Commandery  of  Knights 
Templar,  to  confer  the  Orders,  and  to  receive  members  by  affiliation.  But  no 
such  dispensation  shall  issue  unless  the  petition  be  accompanied  by  a  recom- 
mendation from  the  Commandery  nearest  the  location  of  the  proposed  new 
one,  which  shall  certify  to  the  good  standing  of  each  of  the  petitioners,  to  the 
proper  qualifications  of  the  officers  whom  they  have  nominated,  and  that  a 
suitable  place  of  assembling  has  been  provided.  Such  dispensation  shall 
terminate  on  the  first  day  of  the  month  in  which  the  next  succeeding  Annual 
Conclave  shall  be  holden,  and  then  shall  be  returned  to  the  Grand  Recorder, 
together  with  the  book  of  records,  by-laws,  and  returns  to  that  date,  when,  if 
the  transactions  of  the  new  Commandery  shall  appear  satisfactory  to  the  Grand 
Commandery,  it  may,  upon  petition  therefor,  receive  a  charter. 


GRAND   COMMANDERY   OF   CALIFORNIA.  51 

II. 

Of  whom  Composed, 

A  Coramandery  consists  of  a  Commander,  (whose  address  is  Eminent),  a 
Generalissimo,  a  Captain  (jJeneral,  a  Prelate,  a  Senior  Warden,  a  Junior 
Warden,  a  Treasurer,  a  Recorder,  a  Standard  Bearer,  a  Sword  Bearer,  a 
Warder,  a  Captain  of  the  Guards,  (the  Sentinel),  three  Guards,  and  as  many- 
members  as  may  be  found  convenient  for  work  or  discipline. 

III. 

Of  Assemblies. 

Each  Commandery  should  hold  a  stated  Assembly  at  least  once  in  each 
month,  for  the  transaction  of  its  regular  business  ;  but  no  action  upon  peti- 
tions for  the  orders  or  for  affiliation  shall  be  had  until  the  expiration  of  at  least 
four  weeks  after  their  reception.  Special  meetings  may  be  ordered  by  the 
Commander,  at  his  discretion,  but  no  business  shall  be  done  thereat  other  than 
that  specified  in  the  order.  A  failure  to  assemble  for  six  successive  months 
shall  be  deemed  sufficient  cause  for  the  arrest  or  revocation  of  its  charter. 

IV. 

Of  Elections. 

The  officers  of  each  Commandery  (except  the  Standard  Bearer,  the  Sword 
Bearer,  the  Warder,  the  Sentinel,  and  the  Guards,  who  shall  be  appointed  by 
the  Commander),  shall  be  chosen  by  l^allot  at  the  first  stated  Assembly  in  the 
month  of  December  in  each  year,  and  shall  be  installed  before  or  at  the  next 
stated  Assembly.  A  majority  of  all  the  votes  cast  shall  be  necessary  for  a 
choice. 

V. 

Of    Voting. 

All  questions  in  a  (Jommandery  shall  be  determined  by  a  majority  of  votes. 
Each  member  i>resent  shall  be  entitled  to  one  vote,  and  when  the  votes  are 
equally  divided  (except  in  elections),  the  Commander  shall,  in  addition,  have 
the  casting  vote. 

VI. 

Of   Oualificatlons  for   the   Orders. 

No  Commandery  shall  confer  an  Order  of  Knighthood  upon  any  one  who  is 
not  a  regular  Royal  Arch  Mason,  according  to  the  requirements  of  the  General 
Grand  Chapter  of  the  United  States  of  America,  nor  unless  he  shall  have  pro- 
duced evidence  of  his  good  standing  at  the  time  of  application  ;  and  no  appli- 
cation for  the  orders  shall  be  received  by  any  Commandery  from  one  who, 
within  six  months  next  preceding,  shall  have  been  rejected  by  any  Com- 
mandery (unless  by  dispensation  from  the  Grand  Commander),  nor  unless  the 
applicant  shall  have  resided  one  year  next  preceding  in  this  State,  and  three 
months  next  preceding  within  its  jurisdiction,  except  by  permission  of  the 
Commandery  nearest  his  place  of  residence. 


52  STATUTES   OF   THE 

vn. 

Of  Fees  and  ^ues. 

No  Commandery  shall  confer  the  several  Orders  of  Knighthood  for  a  less 
fee  than  sixty  dollars,  and  no  application  therefor  shall  be  received  nnless  ac- 
companied by  such  fee.  The  dues  of  the  members  of  each  Commandery  shall 
be  such  as  may  be  provided  iu  its  by-laws,  and  the  non-payment  of  such  dues 
for  a  period  of  six  months,  unless  good  reason  therefor  be  shown,  shall  be 
punished  by  suspension. 

VIII. 

Of  the  ComYnander. 

Each  Commander  has  it  in  special  charge  to  see  that  the  By-Laws  of  his 
Commandery,  the  Statutes  and  Orders  of  the  Grand  Commandery,  and  the 
Constitution  and  Regulations  of  the  Grand  P]ncampment  are  duly  observed  by 
the  Knights  under  his  command  ;  that  accurate  records  are  kejit,  and  just 
accounts  and  proper  reports  rendered  by  his  officers,  and  that  regular  returns 
are  annually  made  to  the  Grand  Commandery  at  the  time  prescribed  therefor, 
with  prompt  payment  of  the  annual  dues.  From  his  decision  there  shall  be 
no  appeal  to  the  Commandery,  but  any  five  members  thereof  may  complain  of 
his  decisions  or  conduct,  to  the  Grand  Commandery  or  Grand  Commander.  It 
shall  be  his  duty,  either  in  person  or  by  proxy,  to  attend  all  Conclaves  of  the 
Grand  Comniandery. 

IX. 

Of  the  Generalissimo  and  Ca^ptain  General. 

The  Generalissimo  and  Captain  General  shall  perform  the  duties  severally 
assigned  them  by  the  traditional  usages  of  the  Order  ;  and,  in  the  absence  of 
the  Commander,  shall,  in  the  order  of  their  rank,  succeed  to  and  be  charged 
with  all  his  powers  and  duties.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  both,  either  in  person, 
or  by  proxy,  to  attend  all  Conclaves  of  the  Grand  Commandery.  In  the  ab- 
sence of  all  the  three  principal  officers,  the  Past  Commanders,  in  the  order  of 
their  seniority,  may  take  command. 

X. 

Of  the  Treasurer  and  Recorder. 

The  Treasurer  shall  receive  from  the  Recorder,  and  safely  keep,  all  moneys 
belonging  to  the  Commandery  ;  and  shall  pay  the  same  out  under  such  regula- 
tions, and  account  therefor  at  such  times  and  in  such  manner,  as  by  it  may  be 
prescribed.  The  Recorder  shall  keep  an  accurate  record  of  all  the  transactions 
of  the  Commandery,  which  should  be  written,  including  a  list  of  the  officers, 
members,  and  visitors  present  at  each  Assembly;  shall  collect  the  revenue  and 
Xjay  it  over  to  the  Treasurer  ;  shall  keep  correct  accounts  of  the  dues  of  mem- 
bers ;  shall  prepare  and  transmit  the  annual  returns  to  the  Grand  Recorder  ; 
shall  keep  the  seal  of  the  Commandery,  and  affix  it  to  all  documents  emanating 
therefrom  ;  and  shall  perform  such  other  duties  as  may  be  required  of  him  by 
the  Commandery  or  Commander. 


GRAND   GOMMANDERY   OF   CALIFORNIA.  53 

XI. 

0/  Returns. 

The  Returns  of  each  Commandery  shall  be  made  up  to  the  first  day  of  Feb- 
ruary in  each  year,  in  such  form  as  shall  be  prescribed  by  the  Grand  Command- 
ery ;  and  shall  immediately  be  forwarded  to  the  Grand  Recorder  with  the  dues 
as  hereinbefore  provided. 


CHAPTER    IV. 

MISCELLANEOUS. 
I. 

Of  Trials  and  Appeals. 

The  mode  of  proceeding  in  all  trials  shall,  as  nearly  as  may  be,  be  that 
which  is  now  or  may  be  hereafter  presciibcd  in  the  Regulations  of  the  Grand 
Lodge  of  Free  and  Accepted  Masons  of  this  State  ;  and  appeals  from  the  re- 
sults of  such  trials  may,  in  like  manner  as  is  directed  by  the  Grand  Lodge,  be 
made  to  and  adjudicated  by  the  Grand  Commandery. 

II. 

Of  T^enalties. 

Censure,  suspension,  or  expulsion  may  be  inflicted  by  any  Commandery 
upon  any  Knight  within  its  jurisdiction,  for  unknightly  conduct,  or  for  viola- 
tion of,  or  disobedience  to  any  of  the  By-Laws,  Statutes,  Orders,  Regulations, 
or  Constitutions  of  the  Order.  Information  of  a  suspension  or  expulsion  by 
any  Commandery  shall  immediately  be  communicated  by  its  Recorder  to  the 
Grand  Recorder  ;  but  no  publication  thereof  shall  be  made  except  by  the  Grand 
Commandery.  Suspension  may  be  removed  by  the  Commandery  which  im- 
posed it,  but  an  expelled  Knight  can  only  be  restored  by  the  Grand  Com- 
mandery. 

IIL 

Of  Vows  of  Office. 

All  Officers  of  the  Grand  Commandery  and  of  its  subordinates,  before 
entering  upon  the  duties  of  their  respective  stations,  shall  take  a  solemn  vow 
that  they  will  maintain  and  support  the  Constitution  and  Regulations  of  the 
Grand  Encampment  of  Knights  Templar  of  the  United  States  of  America, 
and  the  Statutes  and  Orders  of  the  Grand  Commandery  of  the  State  of  Cal- 
ifornia. 

IV. 

Of  Amendments. 

The  Statutes  may  be  altered  or  amended  at  any  Annual  Conclave  by  the 
votes  of  two-thirds  of  the  members  present. 


64  GENERAL  BEGULATIONS  OF  THE 


GENERAL  REGULATIONS 


GRAND  COMMANDERY  OF  CALIFORNIA. 


L  Th.it  the  Grand  Eecorder  be  instructed  to  procure  the  portrait  of  each 
retiring  Grand  Commander,  and  have  it  placed  with  those  heretofore  ordered 
by  the  Grand  Commandery.     [October,  1867.] 

2.  That  the  officers  of  the  Grand  Commandery  of  California  be  re(|uired 
to  present  themselves  for  duty  at  any  of  its  sessions,  equipped  in  the  uniform 
prescribed  by  the  Grand  Encampment  of  the  United  States.     [April,  1874.] 

3.  That  the  members  of  the  Grand  Commandery  of  the  State  of  California 
be  required  to  appear  at  its  Annual  Conclave,  clothed  in  the  uniform  of  the 
Order  as  worn  by  their  respective  Commanderies.     [April,  1875.] 

4.  That  each  Commander  of  a  subordinate  Commandery  of-^  this  State  be 
required  to  open  and  close  his  Commandery  in  accordance  with  the  drill  and 
lecture  this  day  adopted.     [Apiril,  1878.] 

5.  That  the  several  subordinate  Commanderies  of  this  jurisdiction  be  re- 
quested to  assemble  in  their  respective  Asylums  on  Good  Friday,  Easter, 
and  Ascension  day  of  each  year,  and  proceed  in  a  body  from  thence  to  some 
place  of  public  worship,  for  Divine  service  ;  and  in  case  no  place  of  public 
worship  can  be  had,  then  such  service  shall  be  held  in  the  Asylum  of  their 
said  Commanderies.     [April,  1879  and  1883.] 

6.  That  in  order  to  be  in  good  standing  as  a  Knight  Templar,  it  is  neces- 
sary to  be  in  good  standing  as  a  Master  Mason,  as  such  standing  is  defined  by 
the  laws  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  this  State.     [April,  1880.] 

7.  That  all  Red  Cross  Knights,  before  they  shall  receive  the  Order  of  the 
Temple,  shall  be  subjected  to  an  examination  in  open  Commandery,  or  before 
a  special  committee  of  three  Sir  Knights,  and  be  declared  or  reported  pro- 
ficient in  the  manual  of  the  sword,  facings,  marching,  and  the  cuts,  signs, 
grip,  and  words  of  the  illustrious  Order  of  Red  Cross  Knights.     [April,  1880.] 

8.  That  the  Recorders  of  subordinate  Commanderies  be  required  to  add 
to  the  Annual  Reports  made  to  the  Grand  C^ommandery,  the  number  of  regu- 
lation uniforms  belonging  to  their  respective  Commanderies,  and  to  the  indi- 
vidual members  thereof.     [April,  1881.] 


aHAKD   COMMANDERY  OF   CALIFORNIA.      ,  55 

9.  That  applications  for  a  waiver  of  jurisdiction  over  candidates  for  the 
orders  of  Knighthood  shall  be  read  in  open  Commandery  at  least  four  weeks 
previous  to  a  vote  being  had  thereon  ;  and  such  waiver  shall  only  be  granted 
on  the  unanimous  vote  of  the  Sir  Knights  present  who  are  members  of  the 
Commandery  to  which  the  application  is  made.     [April,  1882.] 

10.  That  it  shall  be  deemed  unk nightly  conduct  in  any  Sir  Knight  who 
shall  importune  or  solicit  any  companion  to  apply  for  the  orders  of  Knight- 
hood, or  for  admission,  to  any  Commandery.     [April,  1882.] 

11.  That  dispensations  to  enable  a  Commandery  to  re-ballot  for  a  candi- 
date, and  to  shorten  the  time  for  taking  such  ballot  upon  the  application  of  a 
companion,  be  issued  by  the  Grand  Recorder,  upon  the  order  of  the  i?.  *.  E.  \ 
Grand  Commander,  and  under  the  seal  of  the  Grand  Commandery,  and  that  a 
fee  of  five  dollars  be  paid  therefor  to  the  Grand  Recorder.     [April,  1884.] 


INDEX. 


A 

Absentees — Rights  of, 18 

Adjourn — Which  bodies  do, 19 

Amendments — To  Constitution  or  Code, 1 7,  30,  32 

Appeal — Who  may — Effect  of,  etc. , IS 

Assessments — May  be  levied 19 

When  not  enforced, 32 

B 

Ballot — Relative  to, 19,  40 

Blanks  void, 22 

When  may  be  repeated, 19,  32,  40,  41 

Objection  after, 40 

Books — Of  Grand  Treasurer  and  Grand  Recorder, 33 

Burial— Right  of— Ritual  for,  ...  * 19 

Business — When  and  where  transacted, 19 

By-laws — Restrictions, 33 

o 

Charters— Relative  to, 19,  20,  33 

Loss  of, , 19 

Custodian  of, 33 

Closing — Of  subordinate  Commanderies, 21,  33 

Commander — How  suspended — Trial  of, .    22 

Custodian  of  charter, 33 

When  a  Past, 3() 

Commanderies — Requisites  for  forming, 20,  33 

Of  whom  comprised, 13 

Under  dispensation — Relative  to, 20,  33,  34 

Officers  o/— When  to  be  installed, 21 

How  created, 2(5 

Duty  of  when  Grand  Commandery  is  formed, 21 

Failure  to  meet — Effect  of, 21 

Status  of  members  of  extinct, 22,  23 

'  When  may  appear  in  public — who  commands, 21 

Illegal— When, 24 

Who  may  install  officers  of, 25 

Committees— Standing — when  appointed,. 34 

Complaints — How  made, 3  t 


ii  Index, 

(>)xrLAVES— How  terminated, 19,  21,  .S3 

Of  Grand  Encampment— Relative  to, 4 

Of  Grand  Commanderies, 10 

Confer  Orders — Who  may, ....  22 

('oxsTiTUTiON — Of  Grand  Encampment, 8-17 

Correspondence — Through  whom  forwarded, 34,  35 

Debate— How  closed, 22 

Decisions — Of  Grand  Master — To  be  digested 22 

Of  Grand  Commander — On  whom  binding, 35 

Deputy  Grand  Commander — Duties  of, 11 

DiMiTS — How  granted — Relative  to, 22,  35 

Dispensations, 35 

Dues — Non-payment  of, 36 

Members  not  exempt  from, 34,  35 

E 

Elections — How  held, '. 22,  46 

Blank  ballots  at— Void, 22 

Eminent  Commander — Relative  to, 22,  35,  40 

How  suspended, 22 

Trial  of,  by  whom, 22 

Expulsion  or  suspension — Relative  to, 23,  36,  37 

By  Lodge  or  Chapter, 23,  36 

How  restored, 23 

When  certificate  of  required, 23 

Extinct  Commanderies— Relative  to, 22 

Status  of  members  of, 22,  23 

Fees — Cannot  be  remitted,   23,  37 

Finances  —Dues,  Fees,  etc., 14,  47 

Foreign  Knights — Not  Red  Cross, 23 

Foreign  Representatives — Not  allowable, 29 

Form— Of  Petitions, 27,  40 

Funerals — When  Commandery  may  appear  at, 37 

Or 

Good  Standing — When  effected, 37 

Grand  Commandery — How  formed, , 8,  24,  37,  38 

Of  whom  composed, .9 

Powers  and  duties  of , 10,  46 

Duties  of  officers  of, 11,12 

Rank  of  subordinates, 24 

Adjourn— Not  close, 19 

Conclaves, 10,  46 

Who  eligible  to  office  in, 37 

Of  its  elections, 46 


Index.  iii 

Grand  Com^siandery — Tenure  of  office  in, 11 

Who  may  vote, ....  37,  47 

Proxies, 10,  28,  47 

Voting  in, 47 

Grand  Commander — Duties  of, 11 

Grand  Recorder — Duties  of, 12,  49,  50 

Duties  of  other  officers, .  .    12,  50 

Grand  Encampment — Of  whom  composed, 3,  4 

Powers  and  duties  of, 4,  5 

Duties  of  officers  of, 5,  6,  7,  8 

Tenure  of  office  in, 5 

Conclaves, 4 

Proxies — Titles, 4 

General  provisions  concerning, 8 

Gran  J)  Master — Duties  of, ... , ....  5,  6 

Grand  Treasurer— Relative  to, 6 

Grand  Recorder — Duties  of, 7,  8 

Duties  of  other  officers, 8 

H 

Healini^ — Relative  to, 24 

Honorary  Members — Not  entitled  to  vote,  etc., 2(5 

I 

Illegal  Commanderies — What  are, 24 

Information— How  obtained, 24 

Installation — Of  re-elected  officers  not  necessary, 38 

Who  may  install, 25 

When  by  commission, 25 

May  be  public, 38 

Ceremony  to  be  used, 25 

Failure  to  be  installed, 27 

J 

Jewel— Of  Past  Grand  Master, 38 

Jurisdiction — Territorial — Personal, 39 

Over  sojourners, 26,  39 

Over  candidates, 25,  39 

Violation  of, 25 

M 

Meetings — When  held, 26 

Failure  of, 21 

Membership — Relative  to, ». .  26,  34,  39,  46 

Honorary, 26,  39 

Life — Approved, 39 

In  Grand  Encampment, 39 

Minutes-  To  be  read  at  close  of  Conclave, 40 

Form  of, 44 


iv  Index, 

Miscellaneous— Dues— Fees^and  Finances, 14 

Moneys — How  paid  out, 40 

N 

New  Business— When  may  be  entered  upon, 17 

Nomenclature — Templar, 48 

Non-affiliates— Relative  to, 38,  40 

o 

OivjECTiONS— After  ballot, 27,  40 

Who  may  make — Effect  of, 27 

When  by  visiting  Knight, 27' 

May  be  withdrawn, 40 

Offices — Incompatible — What  are. 26,  40 

Succession  in, 27 

Vacancy  in — How  filled, 27 

Officers— Failure  to  be  installed, 27 

Rank  of, 29,  42 

AVho  may,  and  may  not,  resign, 29 

Change  of  residence — Effect  of, 27 

( >K I) ERs  -Petition  for, 27,  40 

Who  may  confer, 22 

Qualifications  for, 28,  41,  42 

p 

Parades — W^hen  not  allowe<l, 21,41 

Past  Commander — Senior — To  preside,  etc., 22,  40 

Penalties — Relative  to, 58 

pETinoNS — For  orders, 27,  40 

Form  of, 27,  40 

Cannot  be  withdrawn, 28,  41 

Report  on — Not  to  be  recorded, 28 

When  may  be  renewed, 28,  32 

When  acted  upon, 28,  41 

PRINTINC  Reports — In  advance, 41 

Proxies— Relative  to, 4,  28,  47 

Public  Parades— Relative  to, 21,  41 

Q 

Qualifications — For  orders, 28,  41,  42,  51 

Quorum — W^hat  constitutes, 28,  42 

R 

Rank — Of  Commanderies, 29 

Of  Officers, 29,  42 

Repeating  Ballot — When  allowable, 19 

Representativ  e3 — Foreign  prohibited, 29 

Resion — Who  may, 29 

Restoration — Relative  to, 23,  39,  42,  48 


Index,  V 

Ritual — Cannot  be  altered, 29 

For  burial, 19 

Royal  Ahch  Masons— Only  eligible, .15 

S 

Seals — Relative  to, 29,  43,  45 

Shoulder  Straps — Who  may  wear, 43 

Sojourner — Not  entitled  to  Orders, 15 

Subordinate  Commanderies — How  constituted, 12,  50 

Of  whom  composed, 13,  51 

Jurisdiction  of, 25,  39 

Assemblies  of, 51 

Elections  in, 51 

Powers  and  duties  of, 13 

Titles, 13 

Summons  —What  is  legal, 30 

In  Subordinate  Commandery — relative  to, 43 

Suspensions— Relative  to, 23,  36,  39,  42,  43 

T 

Title — What  constitutes, •. 30 

Who  may  retain, 43 

Trials — How  conducted, 30,  43 

Who  presides  at, 30 

Charges  cannot  be  referred , 43 

u 

Unaffiliated  Knights — Rights  of, 30 

Uniform— Of  Knights  Templar, 30,  31,  43,  44 

Shoulder  straps — Who  entitled  to, 43 

V 

Vacancies  in  Office — How  tilled, 27 

Visiting  Knights — Objection  of  member  excludes, 44 

How  examined, 44 

Vote — How  decided, 44 

Who  entitled  to, .    .  , .'. 3,  9,  47 

w 

Warrant  or  Dispensation — Must  be  present, 31 

Custodian  of, 33 

Work — Form  of  minutes  of, 44 


